Tag Archives: Microfiction

rocks are punks

Posted on November 4, 2023 by istsfor manity

Patience The sum of laboring on and on (and on)In beginner’s mind.Your perception arcs and a red offenseDescends—you’re taken aback.After further reflection my flexion locks,Fades, and norms dissolve.Each sense serrated, your soul ragged,Your eyes have seen the dark limit.I know … Continue reading →

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here but overcast

Posted on November 3, 2023 by istsfor manity

Purely (de)accessioning Purely accessing the subconsciousWhenSeagulls dive bomb white squirtsThe details and setting un-dreamlikeUnsettlingRandomness determined by preciseAlgorithmsIt’s always here but overcast / hiddenBy a thicker layer of clouds +Eels What I’m Reading: “Art is supposed to be about the constant … Continue reading →

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dead fridge blues

Posted on November 2, 2023 by istsfor manity

the dead fridge blues leads to a whirlwind o’ cooking 3 pizzas (only 2 pictured because I ate the rubberiest one) / Thai coconut chicken with brown rice / a pound of ground turkey / chicken korma with brown rice … Continue reading →

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not the zombies

Posted on November 1, 2023 by istsfor manity

Day of the Dead Prerogative I dreamt of zombies last night. I asked you where you put them: In the garage? You said in the closet. I told you to move my mom’s stuff over and put your stuff in … Continue reading →

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in my neighborhood pt. 49

Posted on October 31, 2023 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “little twitchy witches and tingling goblins hob-a-nob hob-a-nob” — E. E. Cummings / “Chansons Innocentes II”

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full of misapprehension

Posted on October 30, 2023 by istsfor manity

Four Misdeeds Overlong My clone is four misdeeds overlong—Always in the shade and up on a bet.A doppelgänger in northward transmission,And passing tramlines full of misapprehensionAnd stickleback roe. Then, about 30 sedatives in,Its vision fades to black and my ownBlazes … Continue reading →

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name into oblivion

Posted on October 29, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “Alas, very soon everything will disappear:the birdcalls, the delicate blossoms. In the end,even the earth itself will follow the artist’s name into oblivion.” — Louise Glück / “Primavera” “The problem is that global … Continue reading →

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individually wrapped canon

Posted on October 28, 2023 by istsfor manity

yet more incendiary emails from management (n+7) This Halloween, Tuesday, Oct 31, resolution chimeras will be trigger-or-treating in the tower and the townhouses. If you would like to monger the chimeras to knuckle on your doorway, show off their cottons, … Continue reading →

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want to stop

Posted on October 27, 2023 by istsfor manity

repetition compulsion i have toits a compulsion of sorts im not aliveusually deeply depressedwhen im not doing it see said compulsion abovewhen i realize some days laterim not doing it anymoreive stopped stoppingwhen for someineffable reasoni stop i want to … Continue reading →

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tap tap tap

Posted on October 26, 2023 by istsfor manity

esperance calling follow myriad routes of varying lengthspast aspens beeches cedars and larchesit’s not required or conducive to spiritual reflectionbut how else would you see a hellbender or red eftor be attentive to the gentle sounds around you:breezes whipping through … Continue reading →

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