Tag Archives: Dream Notation

timbre of rime

Posted on July 7, 2025 by istsfor manity

congealed bacon (redux) i googled white nationalism—flashes of congealed bacon you play the tragic heroinetoothy femme fatale dont judge my paintinguntil i finish my ropa vieja dont cut your hairbefore tinting it blue i fix you a tongue on ryemy marbles … Continue reading →

cycling wasn’t optional

Posted on July 6, 2025 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week For me, the biggest shift was deciding that cycling wasn’t optional, that it was just as important as sleeping, work and family. Because without cycling, all of those things suffer. The cool thing is, … Continue reading →

plug your ears

Posted on July 5, 2025 by istsfor manity

[detonation nation] a bullet whizzes my ear the strangest, most riveting fists found purchase at my templea familiar scenario a rough patch—a dispatch— aggression unmooredthis land is not mine / not yoursit belongs to all / to none so take … Continue reading →

forged in dead

Posted on July 4, 2025 by istsfor manity

3/5 x 7/4 Haiku (redux) RedWhiteBlue idealsForged in dead gossamer wordsThree/fifths of a sin What I’m Listening To: HateInjusticeOpportunityDietary guidelinesHousing for the future — Kim Gordon / “Bye Bye 25!”

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of human behavior

Posted on July 3, 2025 by istsfor manity

a moment like this eggs on a sympathetic aging patriarchspirit of murder reveal yourself graduallythe flesh about his wrists in vengeful orbit a businessman who lived his speculationestranged in the department of the lovelessa confession — the only shock neglected … Continue reading →

of saturn eating

Posted on July 2, 2025 by istsfor manity

Blood Moon Have you ever felt like a fatherless waif In the presence of your father? Have you ever felt like a cornered cat As your mother hovers Over you in the blood-moon light? I dream of Saturn eating his children I dream … Continue reading →

butter ball exegesis

Posted on July 1, 2025 by istsfor manity

Drill (The Year is Halfway Done) Dearest Depression Residents, Your neighbor on the 16th floor is having a folly of amour fou and replacing his rat traps with soft diffuse ambient lighting. You may hear executions for the next happy … Continue reading →

cusp of space-time

Posted on June 30, 2025 by istsfor manity

Entropy Schmentropy (redux) She was crowned Queen of the Universe The Anti-Christ teetered at the edge of the balance beamon the cusp of space-time A crowd gathered on the accretion disk keenfor a victor The supergiant elliptical galaxy IC 1101 was unmoved—filled … Continue reading →

in this (my) neighborhood pt. 98 (65 miles across connecticut edition)

Posted on June 29, 2025 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: In the long hallway, everyone’s doors were closed. I touched every doorknob and saw myself magnified. — Callie Siskel / “Echo”

all existential pathfinders

Posted on June 28, 2025 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week In the end, we are all existential pathfinders: We select among the paths life affords, and then, when those paths no longer work for us, we edit them and innovate as necessary. The tricky … Continue reading →