Tag Archives: Dream Notation

a fast ferry

Posted on May 25, 2023 by istsfor manity

Run Away There’s a need to say something—but what? That I’ve run away from home again? That I’m trying to figure out why Pablo Fanques Fair was such a scene? That the scree and other debris that gets in my … Continue reading →

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deep in dis-ease

Posted on May 24, 2023 by istsfor manity

Interlude IV (Dis-ease+Water Tanka) Lower the lifeboats—We tread nose-deep in dis-ease—Lifelines beyond us.We roil dark water and sink.The mermaids sing for no one. What I’m Reading: “I’ve spent my entire life living on a fault line / I know all … Continue reading →

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marrow pithy white

Posted on May 23, 2023 by istsfor manity

Stabilo: The fable persuaderThe deep pocket pusher of dreamsFine line sharpener of fancy and flightScrimper and scavenger of marrow-bone pithy and whiteNails plastic lobsters onto dead sycamoresInscribes chalk circles in the middle of the streetLoves Luci Dead LimbCries at the … Continue reading →

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in my neighborhood pt. 30

Posted on May 22, 2023 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “People sometimes come to galleries feeling that they need to understand … when all they need to do is respond.” — Mike Collier, to Dan Rubinstein / Born to Walk: The Transformative Power of a Pedestrian Act

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ripple of extinction

Posted on May 21, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “I stole the yellow birdThat lives in the devil’s sexHe will teach me how to seduce” — Joyce Mansour / “I stole the yellow bird …” “on Sunday after church I took a … Continue reading →

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make lemonade tomorrow

Posted on May 20, 2023 by istsfor manity

delusion lemonade (tanka) another year deadanother dread come to passanother dashed hopeas you drift to sleep you wretch— make lemonade tomorrow What I’m Reading: “But those were good days … and now like everything else, the cigarettes and the wine … Continue reading →

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of artisanal lies

Posted on May 19, 2023 by istsfor manity

Obstructions Compel Abstractions Strangely situated in plaid—both real and unreal—the quip ornithologist unfolds clothes (sometimes) and seems like an exile in detriment or, perhaps, emotional involvement in obstructions that compel abstractions. The calumnies. The culminating fraternity. The serenity, unpredictability, humor, … Continue reading →

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in my neighborhood pt. 29

Posted on May 18, 2023 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “I have the habit of negative thinking which greatly troubles my writing. As a response to the anxiety caused by my negative thinking I soothe myself through distraction so I also have the habit of enjoying myself … Continue reading →

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on hamster wheels

Posted on May 17, 2023 by istsfor manity

plastic interiors (tanka) d.i.y. unitspitter patter and twittervariable speedswe move but we do not walkon hamster wheels for humans What I’m Reading: “Outside, even the sun-god, dressed in this lifeas a lizard, abruptly riseson stiff legs and descends blasé toward … Continue reading →

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joy in creation

Posted on May 16, 2023 by istsfor manity

in my neighborhood pt. 28 What I’m Reading: “If I feel helpless living a baffling existence on an unfathomable planet in an indifferent universe, my being cries out for redemption, for purpose, for hope, but climate change just compounds the … Continue reading →

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