Tag Archives: Microfiction

in my neighborhood pt. 19a

Posted on December 3, 2022 by istsfor manity

Perhaps … not a fan of the New Deal? What I’m Reading: “Man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end.” — Michel Foucault / The Order of Things

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this is this

Posted on December 2, 2022 by istsfor manity

Apologia Sine Qua…Compos Mentis in Capitalist Perdition There’s an app for that — it tells me I once lost a corgi and I’ve now lost a fire extinguisher. Then, there’s an app for that — which tells me to fall … Continue reading →

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crackle and hiss

Posted on December 1, 2022 by istsfor manity

Another Record (redux) Two 33 1/3 rpm records are arguing with each other on Christmas Eve 1992. One record, Casserole by The Tinklers, cedes the polemic to the other—The Shaggs’ Philosophy of The World. “That’s OK,” Casserole says as it … Continue reading →

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why belligerent robots

Posted on November 30, 2022 by istsfor manity

Aural Disjecta Dream-Fu(Haiku/Ukiah/Tanka) Headful of childhoodDisjecta—jingles, and tripe—Where is the off switch? His white man savior complex—Why Marlin Perkins?Why Animal Kingdom, why? Why Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em?Why belligerent robots?Rub-a-Dub Dolly?Why can’t I turn-off my head? Maybe, I’ll get back in … Continue reading →

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platters of skeevies

Posted on November 29, 2022 by istsfor manity

Pluot of Complacency(from The Lost Epiphanies of Melodramas Undone Compilation) You son of a— What’s a compliant pluot of complacency mean?! Is that an insult, a compliment? It doesn’t feel like it is. And what’s with leaving me this lone … Continue reading →

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get to work

Posted on November 28, 2022 by istsfor manity

Bluetoothing the Novel (sorta redux’ed) Maple bacon cheddar pizza, I say, repeating what she just said to me. I need a snack soon, she says. A swoony-jazzy song plays like it’s 1967– remember the smarmy song playing in The Graduate … Continue reading →

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make mango mush

Posted on November 27, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “I feel that nothing has really changed since my early childhood and that life is simply a series of scenes interspersed with songs.” — Annie Ernaux / I Remain in Darkness “Just because … Continue reading →

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bring your angularity

Posted on November 26, 2022 by istsfor manity

What the Chakackas Guitar Riff Wrought Ox Mayday was a brutal man… (No, I don’t have to show you the throttled necks, the extracted teeth, the multifarious testicles hooked up to electrodes, or the sound of the crushed metatarsals—I ain’t … Continue reading →

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monsters of jamaica plain

Posted on November 25, 2022 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “I think the arts exist because they are useful — essential to our species. I think it’s part of being human, to make art and need art. For the pleasure of it, and for whatever knowledge we … Continue reading →

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cut and paste

Posted on November 24, 2022 by istsfor manity

Hegemonic Extirpation Day Blues It’s a ragged sort of heat. The call of the west again. Then a discomfiting sort of rain. It’s my first day out of the house in nearly three weeks. Just 2 days ago I was … Continue reading →

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