Tag Archives: Microfiction

fluent in borehole

Posted on March 10, 2023 by istsfor manity

Wanted Floral bottleneck jacket-wearing flâneur for contortionist runway shows needed. If you are 7’2” tall and weigh precisely 147 lbs., please apply at the council bacterium’s office. If you know the choreography to the “backwater cough” and the “continental armadillo,” … Continue reading →

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dark bramble vise

Posted on March 9, 2023 by istsfor manity

dementia tanka trickster tau tanglessticky beta amyloidsare gray matter sieves—a brain bombogenesis—dark bramble vise on your mind What I’m Reading: “Cruelty has a Human HeartAnd Jealousy a Human Face Terror the Human Form Divine ” — William Blake / “A Divine Image”

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no ambulating me (redux)

Posted on March 8, 2023 by istsfor manity

Billingsgate and Balderdash You are like the tuber of calcaneous, necessary but non-articulating. Without you there is no ambulating me… The things you’ve said to me in your gasps and low moans: “Starting rotation from blackbird…” “They transferred me to … Continue reading →

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tonight tweeting tempests

Posted on March 7, 2023 by istsfor manity

tardigrade tautology tautogram tenacious tardigradetad tired time travelertradition tradertame task takerterra tanka talkertautology traumatizertruncate tomorrow’s today tin the tender titanictranquil tawdry twit tonight tweetingtempests torn transientteacher tissues temporary tremensto tremelo tankers tied to tentaclestantamount to tight tendrilstoss this— tender extremophile! … Continue reading →

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a barbarian squirrel

Posted on March 6, 2023 by istsfor manity

we need copier paper please include your inhumanityalong with the jackpotyou are plateful to bring we are still in need of wadsto bake (or bring from a point etc.)a battery of constabularies inhibition plateausthe jack-in-the-box novelistwho dollies his firebombs and … Continue reading →

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with wounded nerves

Posted on March 5, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “Some people believe that if they were to join the climate movement now, they would be among the last. But that is very far from true. In fact, if you do decide to … Continue reading →

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interstices interstices (redux)

Posted on March 4, 2023 by istsfor manity

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to the rhythm

Posted on March 3, 2023 by istsfor manity

Plashed (haiku) The petrichor bloomedRain plashed & drummed my dread headDrowned to the rhythm What I’m Reading: “This is the age of the great greenwashing machine.” — Greta Thunberg / The Climate Book

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staring mouths agape

Posted on March 2, 2023 by istsfor manity

Legend of Howling Man I forgot to tell you! The hairy (back hair) guy we saw the other day, on Perkins St., is howling man! I saw him yesterday, shirtless and in shorts again, in 36 degree weather during my … Continue reading →

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a weird energy

Posted on March 1, 2023 by istsfor manity

7 Seconds So Salubrious 1. This writer’s weevils are roosting in the endive. 2. Debug your respirator if you have not. 3. Retrieve your half-brother & samovar from the half-note sanatorium. 4. The Englishman’s welt & the enema sampler will … Continue reading →

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