Tag Archives: Poetry

full of sick

Posted on June 23, 2021 by istsfor manity

Interlude II: Che Guevara’s Bequest: Vallegrande, Bolivia, 1967 (redux) A tinny mambo is piped from the roomspewingsick yellow-green fluorescence. The radiator squeals,brass electrodes buzz;blood-crusted, unnoticed,Che Guevara’s finger liesin a dusty corner covered with mitesescapingthe evil heat. “We’re investing, as a … Continue reading →

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wire weevil wonder wye

Posted on June 18, 2021 by istsfor manity

Effusion Confusion (SoFla Stork Version) A reverential moment passed unheeded—Post-diluvian effluvium—Forced to move aphantasicWire weevil wonder wyeTilak-covered blind third eye She rages wild at seeingA world bereft of meaningMuddle-mucking in the southTrapped so near the grinder’s mouthWire weevil wonder wye … Continue reading →

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a fanged sky

Posted on June 16, 2021 by istsfor manity

Wait. Weight. The southern city was full of all manner of curvilinear impediments and drop-offs. It led to a vertiginous sensation she abhorred—it seemed as if the angry sky and sea wished to become one turbid space. She saw cloud … Continue reading →

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he’s talking globular (redux)

Posted on June 14, 2021 by istsfor manity

Grunt ah da HogMan Squint-eyed monochromaticon the screen of  her childhood He’s talking globular in brays and winces  A hive of astringency  in this corner of the universevoices echo   Pins and needles thighs inner thigh billabongs oxbows surgically repaired  Get away hog man get back to … Continue reading →

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the pleasing dread

Posted on June 12, 2021 by istsfor manity

she was cut down by the heedless sun squamata lovers blister in the sun enervated by the humidity she sensed the pleasing dread of petrichor “If the world is torn to pieces, I want to see what story I can … Continue reading →

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displacements and loss (redux)

Posted on June 4, 2021 by istsfor manity

Abstract no. 5 I studied the core sediment samples from your heart The records show (prehistorically) your heart was malice Microscopic fossils mark displacements and loss I found demarcations of hopes dashed—and untimely deaths Near the bottom—a striation—an icy section … Continue reading →

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detune détente detonate

Posted on June 2, 2021 by istsfor manity

dada death ddedebtd.e.a. detoxdetunedétentedetonatedetonatordetonation deordinationdeontologicaldeoxygenateddepalatalizationdepartmentalizedespiritualization dada dada dada dadadeath “Dada is like your hopes: nothinglike your paradise: nothinglike your idols: nothinglike your heroes: nothinglike your artists: nothinglike your religions: nothing” — Francis Picabia / Manifeste Cannibale Dada

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treble and clean

Posted on June 1, 2021 by istsfor manity

hybrid poem via keyboard chance operations got til passage recounts timepresage press o bp lifepolicy vs sets accountstreble and clean every app has its own keyboard “I have nothing to sayand I am saying itand that is poetryas I need … Continue reading →

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want & wretchedness

Posted on May 31, 2021 by istsfor manity

whoredom & wine & new wine harangued & cast out & homelessfoced to survive on wild plantsi am want & wretchednesssaw palmetto shreddedmy clothes & shoesviolence spiraledmy face enoughto cause dreaddiscomfortdis-easei ami “Whoredom and wine and new wine take away … Continue reading →

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squeeze steal sit

Posted on May 29, 2021 by istsfor manity

susurrus squeezestealsit “We shall abolish the orgasm.” — George Orwell / 1984

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