Tag Archives: Hybrid writing

soon our avatars

Posted on June 21, 2022 by istsfor manity

Counterfactual is Satisfactional Dissociative dance tranceWhat you wanna’ do Nothing new under the tongueNo trip to takeNo tincture to absorb into your systemObdurate powerful maladaptive The counterfactual is satisfactionalIt’s true it’s factual everythingIs so god-damned distressingWho filched the prelapsarian graces … Continue reading →

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key of dada

Posted on June 20, 2022 by istsfor manity

Catafalque Tunes in 5/8 Time Catafalque tunes in mahogany time. Nothing sounds as it should. Dripping in the recessive notes of a palanquin juddering in a surreal signature. Come to think off it, father’s signature flew off the back of … Continue reading →

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hating myself long

Posted on June 19, 2022 by istsfor manity

Encomium (redux) I walk in circles gyring—elevating ever outward until I’m circumnavigating your boundless denigration. Deliver me—enervated—from invigoration as you deliver me from hating myself long enough to despise you. I’ve placed myself at this longitude so that I may … Continue reading →

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gravity is inescapable

Posted on June 18, 2022 by istsfor manity

Gravity is inescapable. Nothing makes sense. They’re trying to get in. Don’t let them in. What I’m Reading: “Expect society to be defective. Then weep when you findthat it is farmore defective than you imagined.” — Ron Padgett / “How … Continue reading →

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in my neighborhood pt.12

Posted on June 17, 2022 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “The America I saw in the fall of 2021 was weary and battle-scarred. It’s sidewalks were cracked, it’s mailboxes bashed in.” — David Sedaris / “Lucky-Go-Happy”

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and now swimming

Posted on June 16, 2022 by istsfor manity

you’re in my system tanka floaters in my eyesminuscule liquidy sacscavorting beasties shrank yourself and now swimmingin plain sight—in my system What I’m Reading: “The warming of the planet is not waiting for consensus-building.” — Jeff Goddell / The Water … Continue reading →

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undammed and unheeded

Posted on June 15, 2022 by istsfor manity

a hatch the porousness of limestonea hatch of mayflies in junethe calf-height water undammed and unheeded the wall on the movea flash of scarlet tanagerthe rush of darkness What I’m Reading: “Here, youcan pay someone to clip offyour shadow and … Continue reading →

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why am i

Posted on June 14, 2022 by istsfor manity

seize a wave of misfiring synapseswhy am i hearing bellsseeing sparkles i no longer compute What I’m Listening To: “Far way out, you’re going to seeI’m a loss of faith, you’re a changed belief” — Poliça / “Lime Habit”

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grim

Posted on June 11, 2022 by istsfor manity

Grim Silence, failure. What I’m Reading: “If there is to be a livable and shared future on our planet, it will be a future offline.” — Jonathan Crary / “The Digital Age is Destroying Us”

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i love you

Posted on June 10, 2022 by istsfor manity

Look Dearest Chunky . . . Look, I love you but you confound me with your densities and your spherical obloquies and your polyvalent arrowheads and pesky schemes. I implore you to modulate your frequencies and impractical maths . . … Continue reading →

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