Tag Archives: Dream Notation

try so hard

Posted on June 25, 2026 by istsfor manity

change (redux) denuded ideas in choppedready to go-mix sourcesof wisdom set oneagainst the other:change utryso hardbut u can’tu won’t butu try again and againu fail better again and again What I’m Reading: Dear consciousness:What happened out there remains toBe seen. — David … Continue reading →

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spleens our spelt

Posted on June 24, 2026 by istsfor manity

[a strange fortune …] a strange fortunethe ministry where they linger—throttle linking (and also separating)belles from godsons (or ankles?)a lovely novitiatethat homely workhouse,that most quotidian of sizzles—the portcullis? what of grandmother porticoes—postage-standing facade of tendonsor is it tom-toms?pasted in plaid … Continue reading →

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feedback loops unspool

Posted on June 23, 2026 by istsfor manity

Self-Inflicted Dodo Dada (redux) A dusty path toward deliverance after a club on the head, a dark hour, a black age— Quashed then regained. Diverted, re-charted, and reoriented The crags and canyons—vertiginous—skirted. The roiling water. Up ahead the fog-smoke. We … Continue reading →

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a manatee fissure

Posted on June 22, 2026 by istsfor manity

Don’t (redux) The hibiscus were impartial but patricide was the topic of conversation, not the usual coacktail party banter. A dragonfly drained a pistil daiquiri, while a croo of white ibis pecked at some takeaway boxes, and Lagartija Ron watched … Continue reading →

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cords spiraling skyward

Posted on June 21, 2026 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week I think, first of all, we have a crisis of thinking or imagining when it comes to the future. Everyone talks about it. Everyone says that we need to start thinking about the future, … Continue reading →

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memories ghosts tugging

Posted on June 20, 2026 by istsfor manity

I. The Maw She spotted him kicking the St. Jude statue installed outside the Melkite Church on the corner. It was the same dirty and desultory man who approached her the day before.  The sky was a swirl of hazy … Continue reading →

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with angular intent

Posted on June 19, 2026 by istsfor manity

What are Fish Gills to Fishers of Men? At a remove, in a gesture, a part of a thingRepresenting the whole. What are ambivalences of texts?Polyvalencies in readings? What flows from this desireTo macerate the pulp of lifeInto a sodden … Continue reading →

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apropos of nothing

Posted on June 18, 2026 by istsfor manity

Interlude (redux) It is recorded in some musty tome that in 1456 Pope Callixtus III excommunicated the comet to end all comets. A heathen astral rock glowing white-hot as it streaked across the sky. The stars are signifiers. The popes … Continue reading →

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on the ceiling

Posted on June 17, 2026 by istsfor manity

Life After She woke up dumber in the new southern town than she had been in her northern home. The intellectual disparity over those few sleepless days was astounding, many folks would later say: How could someone become so stupid … Continue reading →

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tooth and mettle

Posted on June 16, 2026 by istsfor manity

Wait. Weight. The southern city was full of all manner of curvilinear impediments and drop-offs. It led to a vertiginous sensation she abhorred—it seemed as if the angry sky and sea wished to become one turbid space. She saw cloud … Continue reading →

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