Saturday, August 29, 2026

A Smash of Yinnys


ENRICHMENT

Recharged “my Kindle”
Got time on “my hands”
Gonna revisit “the canon.”


HEADING INTO TOMORROW

Grab your locaters.
That area.


TRANSIT PLAZA

Ten bays no buses
Four tracks no trains


SOURCES

Public restrooms, local newspapers, online.


INEFFABLE

Needa disable your share screen.


UNEFFABLE

Can’t be effed with.


NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED DECLARATION

But what I’m saying is
Well it’s not
Just that
It’s like.


WAIT

Really?



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www.randystark.com

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Friday, August 28, 2026

Plot Points

First they hate crimed me.
Then they tried to unalive me.
They pitched me high and tight.
They fouled me.

And when it came to nepo nephews
Of casino moguls linked to… 
Let's just say it pays the rent to be terrible with names
And straight as the bangs of a library volunteer lady

Lest you get walked off,
Lest you be found floating face down, 
Brackish waters, your premium peacock
Charm pouch stuffed in your mouth.






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Thursday, August 27, 2026

A River Runs Effluent

Among tentpoles in mild grade backcountry
A river runs effluent in fan fest additives.
Combos and plates.
Sizzling nachos of brisket or pulled pork.
Bacon wrapped carne asada
Hot Philly or Hawaiian Baja style.
Jumbo hot dogs and giant kielbasa.
Spinach lemon chicken breast.
Crab garlic fries
Served smothered
With grilled onions or
In a warm pita with tzatziki sauce. 
Cole slaw, street corn.
5-layer mac and cheese.

But then I thought
You know what
Fuck fan fest
Fuck watch parties
I’ve totally done this before
I want to attend the actual event
I want to have that crazy status
That it takes to get in
To be fucking dope as fuck
Like a breakout content creator 
And your franchise is 
JUST SO HUGE
That your shit is featured in video games
And you arrive pre-acclaimed.


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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

The Norm is Actually Never

And you’re up to your eyeballs in 
Out of network billing
Or to put it in terms of tomatoes
Tim and Terri in Tennessee tell me 
They’ve got four hundred Jolenes and 
Twice that many
Defiants climbing everywhere
Or you got AI hackists chipping at your system
Guardrails are wet noodles
Centipedes with diabetes
Mushy rotini with legs.

I could troubleshoot and debug all day long
When sleep became an industry
Night tripped and fell
And a voice commanded a hassle-free flush
(Alas no more reflections from a toilet handle)
Franchises and brands applied 
A chokehold on the cusp of peace
The people here, they told me look
You’re about to find out for yourself what 
Millions have known for millennia
A whole library of it.


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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Feeling Discoverable

Small batch, small ship
A whole new level of drip
In a global brand campaign trip.

Privileged but not immune
Flowing like silk robed lava
Barefoot on rare earths.

For as surely as sect follows schism
When the destination is unwavering
Routes are infinite, vectors robust.

And karma brings saffron cybersecurity
Come winger, come refugee
Grow with me.

 

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Monday, August 24, 2026

4x3


FLAKY

Important update
Do not reheat or refrigerate
Click here.


HE SAYS HI

I told him I’d be visiting you
Had she known she would totally
Have said Hi too.


GRAPHING MY ARC

Pretty much a forever horizon
I pretty much stayed put 
Let the scenery pretty much shift around me.


IT’S SO WEIRD THAT

I might but
I probably might
Not at the same time.



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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Recent Inspo

“I am so hip even my errors are correct”
---Nikki Giovanni


Hunchback, by Saou Ichikawa, 2023
English translation from Japanese by Polly Barton, 2025

She Who Remains, by Rene Karabash, 2018 & 2026
English translation from Bulgarian by Izidora Angel, 2026
 
Biography of X, by Catherine Lacey, 2023
 
Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun, by Mónica Ojeda, 2026
English translation from Spanish by Sarah Booker, 2026




  
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