the winds change before\na rainstorm breaks overhead\ni shake as drops fall
","content_text":"the winds change before\na rainstorm breaks overhead\ni shake as drops fall","summary":"the winds change before a rainstorm breaks overhead i shake as drops fall","date_published":"2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["weather","wind","rain","storms","water","bodies","change","pink","sex","haiku","oral","š©µ"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"pulse","titleHtml":"pulse","publishedDay":"2026-11-03","writtenAt":"2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#fcf8f9","text":"#070304","title":"#070304"},"dark":{"background":"#101010","text":"#dab4bb","title":"#dab4bb"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#ECD8DC","name":"Raindrops on Roses","link":"https://www.pantone.com/na/en-us/color-finder/11-1400-tcx"},"textColor":"#070304","titleColor":"#070304","ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":[],"revision":"60153b079e4d5b7ede491efd1cb0795999a0e101fb34f6b7b39c99a231477b52"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:barrel","url":"https://chromato.graphics/barrel/","title":"barrel","content_html":"a brass water-logged lock\nfor securing desk drawers
\nwinds up protecting private\ndesires. letters in red. want
\nthis confinement. encircled\nby rings, filigree, and stains
\nfrom spills when her bittings\nnever aligned in the tumbler
\nits stainless key hangs from\nthe neck of autumnās royalty
\ntaunting subjects as suitors\nwonder just what it unlocks
","content_text":"a brass water-logged lock\nfor securing desk drawers\n\n\nwinds up protecting private\ndesires. letters in red. want\n\n\nthis confinement. encircled\nby rings, filigree, and stains\n\n\nfrom spills when her bittings\nnever aligned in the tumbler\n\n\nits stainless key hangs from\nthe neck of autumnās royalty\n\n\ntaunting subjects as suitors\nwonder just what it unlocks","summary":"a brass water-logged lock for securing desk drawers winds up protecting private desires. letters in red. want this confinement. encircled by rings, filigree, an","date_published":"2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š©µ","š","chastity","control","want","locks","keys","brass","steel","metal","furniture","fall","red","objects","mail","love"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"barrel","titleHtml":"barrel","publishedDay":"2026-10-31","writtenAt":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#fefbf6","text":"#090701","title":"#E2A829"},"dark":{"background":"#262013","text":"#f2d79c","title":"#f2d79c"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Inter Variable, sans-serif","weight":800,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Inter Variable, sans-serif","weight":500,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#E2A829","name":"Golden Rod","link":"https://www.pantone.com/na/en-us/products/fashion-home-interiors/fashion-home-interiors-cotton-chip-set"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":[],"revision":"abf05dc6c36b1de95d1785265136c1c1077d2c0b123d1ce17fa616891746d4f7"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:the-zig-zag-cafe","url":"https://chromato.graphics/the-zig-zag-cafe/","title":"the zig zag cafe","content_html":"switchback stair\nmarket manicules\nlabyrinth reveal\na hanging garden
\nthird place jazz\nno reservations?\nbut what were we\nbefore ourselves
\nfinishing a talk\nwith your sister\na tinctured fire\nfluid solidifies
\nall black pupils\nsadistās leaning\nconsidering want\nfreepouring both
\nlamplight yellow\nredlight therapy\nshaken & stirred\ncry our eyes out
\npoint of returns\nnow that we know\nthe placeās ours\nlast words echo.
","content_text":"by mb bischoff & ClaireViolet\n\nswitchback stair\nmarket manicules\nlabyrinth reveal\na hanging garden\n\n\nthird place jazz\nno reservations?\nbut what were we\nbefore ourselves\n\n\nfinishing a talk\nwith your sister\na tinctured fire\nfluid solidifies\n\n\nall black pupils\nsadistās leaning\nconsidering want\nfreepouring both\n\n\nlamplight yellow\nredlight therapy\nshaken & stirred\ncry our eyes out\n\n\npoint of returns\nnow that we know\nthe placeās ours\nlast words echo.","summary":"by mb bischoff & ClaireViolet switchback stair market manicules labyrinth reveal a hanging garden third place jazz no reservations? but what were we before ours","date_published":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"},{"name":"ClaireViolet","url":"https://claireviolet.cv/"}],"tags":["š","seattle","restaurants","cocktails","drinks","music","plants","sisters","fire","liquids","black","eyes","want","lights","yellow","red","tears","sounds"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"the-zig-zag-cafe","titleHtml":"the zig zag cafe","publishedDay":"2026-10-09","writtenAt":"2025-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#000000","text":"#B5BF50","title":"#B5BF50"},"dark":{"background":"#000000","text":"#B5BF50","title":"#B5BF50"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Operator Mono, monospace","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1},"body":{"family":"Operator Mono, monospace","weight":500,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#B5BF50","name":"Bright Chartreuse","link":"https://www.pantone.com/na/en-us/color-finder/14-0445-tcx"},"backgroundColor":"#000000","textColor":"#B5BF50","titleColor":"#B5BF50","ignoresDarkMode":true},"publications":[{"title":"New Session #4: Upheaval","link":"https://web.issue4.anewsession.com/story/zig_zag_cafe_lease_this_space/1","date":"2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z"}],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/117412352191252881","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3mxhlmwo5s22g"],"revision":"404ae4996fbb74b5c64897a6f5e697a9a299d7f9288d7f3c265ff886e7cb8315"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:hinge","url":"https://chromato.graphics/hinge/","title":"hinge","content_html":"door in our place i never open\nout of fear and too much want\ntouch the knobāāāi am shocked
\nsounds like a party in there\nbut where is my invitation?\nmissing out doesnāt scare me
\nsometimes, itās open a crack\nscents from the kitchen waft\nmy favorite dish on the menu
\ni give up. nothing better to do\nsplayed on gray wool, rubbing\nnothing matches their rhythm
\nthe guests tire, it swings open\nstreamers and confetti spilling\nmust be my job to clean āem up
","content_text":"door in our place i never open\nout of fear and too much want\ntouch the knobāāāi am shocked\n\n\nsounds like a party in there\nbut where is my invitation?\nmissing out doesnāt scare me\n\n\nsometimes, itās open a crack\nscents from the kitchen waft\nmy favorite dish on the menu\n\n\ni give up. nothing better to do\nsplayed on gray wool, rubbing\nnothing matches their rhythm\n\n\nthe guests tire, it swings open\nstreamers and confetti spilling\nmust be my job to clean āem up","summary":"door in our place i never open out of fear and too much want touch the knob ā i am shocked sounds like a party in there but where is my invitation? missing out ","date_published":"2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š©µ","šŖ“","š","polyamory","sex","parties","fear","want","boundaries","sounds","touch","food","scent","gray","wool","chastity","cuckolding"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"hinge","titleHtml":"hinge","publishedDay":"2026-09-15","writtenAt":"2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#fafafa","text":"#050505","title":"#BBB4B3"},"dark":{"background":"#222121","text":"#cac5c4","title":"#cac5c4"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#BBB4B3","name":"Steel Wool","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/14-3802-tcx"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/117278191305239628","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3mvlywo2tc22b"],"revision":"ff5ff2e3dfaef53fc6ef6b0373d48d517a369c962cda64126cbf7c00de0f2527"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:photobooth","url":"https://chromato.graphics/photobooth/","title":"photobooth","content_html":"shoes stick to the floor,\nwe wander past the bar\ninto a dim red-lit lounge.\npinball, locked door, you.\nyouāre a seeing machine.\npull your curtain closedā\nshroud us in secrets that\nend just above our waist.
\ntap on a train faregate,\na beep reminds us that\ntransportation isnāt free,\na short trip still costs us.\nyouāre a seeing machine.\nsee what weāre made of.\nweāre trapped here now,\nwe canāt hide from flash.
\nall whirring and waiting.\ndonāt know how long ātil\nour capture, our release.\nwe kiss from impatience.\nyouāre a seeing machine.\nour mouths are blurring,\nhands in hair, bite marks\nin flesh. we have no time.
\nfalling back into the light.\nwas there music before?\nwe lean against the box,\nwe cannot lose contact.\nyouāre a seeing machine.\nyou take time to develop.\nwait here: a strip will fall.\nfreeze us in four frames.
![\"Black-and-white](\"https://chromato.graphics/images/photobooth.jpg\")
","content_text":"shoes stick to the floor,\nwe wander past the bar\ninto a dim red-lit lounge.\npinball, locked door, you.\nyouāre a seeing machine.\npull your curtain closedā\nshroud us in secrets that\nend just above our waist.\n\n\ntap on a train faregate,\na beep reminds us that\ntransportation isnāt free,\na short trip still costs us.\nyouāre a seeing machine.\nsee what weāre made of.\nweāre trapped here now,\nwe canāt hide from flash.\n\n\nall whirring and waiting.\ndonāt know how long ātil\nour capture, our release.\nwe kiss from impatience.\nyouāre a seeing machine.\nour mouths are blurring,\nhands in hair, bite marks\nin flesh. we have no time.\n\n\nfalling back into the light.\nwas there music before?\nwe lean against the box,\nwe cannot lose contact.\nyouāre a seeing machine.\nyou take time to develop.\nwait here: a strip will fall.\nfreeze us in four frames.","summary":"shoes stick to the floor, we wander past the bar into a dim red-lit lounge. pinball, locked door, you. youāre a seeing machine. pull your curtain closedā shroud","date_published":"2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š","photography","cameras","technology","sight","transit","trains","red","black","lights","photos","frames","machines","love","touch","hands","mouths","marks","drinks","time","music","kisses"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"photobooth","titleHtml":"photobooth","publishedDay":"2026-06-30","writtenAt":"2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#000000","text":"#FFFFFF","title":"#FFFFFF"},"dark":{"background":"#000000","text":"#FFFFFF","title":"#FFFFFF"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":0.8}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#000000","name":"Black"},"backgroundColor":"#000000","textColor":"#FFFFFF","titleColor":"#FFFFFF","ignoresDarkMode":true},"artwork":{"src":"https://chromato.graphics/images/photobooth.jpg","alt":"Black-and-white four-frame photobooth strip of two people kissing.","aspectRatio":"442 / 2347"},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/116837297147685212","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3mpi6utot422c","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3mpjpgtmdok2t"],"revision":"c097f3523fcc146e39c148fc03a2afa6bdb7c879b575c601137bb30e85f9bf77"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:no","url":"https://chromato.graphics/no/","title":"no","content_html":"do i have to belt you?\nto overcome a bubbling\nor are my words enough\nto staunch the flowing\nfrom leaking fountains
\npleasure is never free,\neven when it is a gift.\nbeg me with honeysuckle\npollination. allergies.\nonly believe in denial.
\nmuscle tension, hunger.\ndewās wetter than rain.\ndesperate questions tie\nbarricade tape tighter.\nno. a complete sentence
\nthe longer we wait here\nclock hands move slowly\nwaiting, praying on the\ndripping limestone tile\na sacrifice in purpose.
\nrelease is for the weak\nbut you are strong, no?\nevery drop metered out.\nare you grasping at it?\nthere isnāt a shortage.
\ndonāt ask me again, now\nyou know my answer love\nage years in the bottle\nour flavor concentrates\nonly believe in denial.
","content_text":"do i have to belt you?\nto overcome a bubbling\nor are my words enough\nto staunch the flowing\nfrom leaking fountains\n\n\npleasure is never free,\neven when it is a gift.\nbeg me with honeysuckle\npollination. allergies.\nonly believe in denial.\n\n\nmuscle tension, hunger.\ndewās wetter than rain.\ndesperate questions tie\nbarricade tape tighter.\nno. a complete sentence\n\n\nthe longer we wait here\nclock hands move slowly\nwaiting, praying on the\ndripping limestone tile\na sacrifice in purpose.\n\n\nrelease is for the weak\nbut you are strong, no?\nevery drop metered out.\nare you grasping at it?\nthere isnāt a shortage.\n\n\ndonāt ask me again, now\nyou know my answer love\nage years in the bottle\nour flavor concentrates\nonly believe in denial.","summary":"do i have to belt you? to overcome a bubbling or are my words enough to staunch the flowing from leaking fountains pleasure is never free, even when it is a gif","date_published":"2026-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š","control","chastity","religion","sex","water","hunger","time","clocks","love","pain","food","pleasure","boundaries"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"no","titleHtml":"no","publishedDay":"2026-06-04","writtenAt":"2026-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#FEDB00","text":"#000000","title":"#000000"},"dark":{"background":"#FEDB00","text":"#000000","title":"#000000"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Operator Mono, monospace","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Operator Mono, monospace","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#FEDB00","name":"108C","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/108-C"},"backgroundColor":"#FEDB00","textColor":"#000000","titleColor":"#000000","ignoresDarkMode":true},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/116693470478705859","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3mnidjvirrk2q"],"revision":"faf7edef81ed156a1269b7b9c0d4f37a18bc5cf1442773cfc0fece2c9f472114"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:dial","url":"https://chromato.graphics/dial/","title":"dial","content_html":"two-tone composition\nunknown destinations\nan operator obsesses\nover pickup & hangup
\none +1 more connected\nthan 2. you will. and\nthe company that will\nbring it to you is me
\npush digits into holes,\nkeep spinning until you\nfeel the click in place\nswitch arms, hands tire
\nblinking countless lines,\nvoice carrying fast & far\non continuous copper wire\nsilence costs us as muchā
\ndraw Xās & Oās in octothorps\nsleep clutching our handsets\nthere is so much to exchange\nduring long-distance calling
","content_text":"two-tone composition\nunknown destinations\nan operator obsesses\nover pickup & hangup\n\n\none +1 more connected\nthan 2. you will. and\nthe company that will\nbring it to you is me\n\n\npush digits into holes,\nkeep spinning until you\nfeel the click in place\nswitch arms, hands tire\n\n\nblinking countless lines,\nvoice carrying fast & far\non continuous copper wire\nsilence costs us as muchā\n\n\ndraw Xās & Oās in octothorps\nsleep clutching our handsets\nthere is so much to exchange\nduring long-distance calling","summary":"two-tone composition unknown destinations an operator obsesses over pickup & hangup one +1 more connected than 2. you will. and the company that will bring it t","date_published":"2026-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š","telephones","distance","communication","sounds","fingers","numbers","machines","arms","hands","voices","sleep","love","technology"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"dial","titleHtml":"dial","publishedDay":"2026-04-07","writtenAt":"2026-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f5fcff","text":"#00070a","title":"#0091C9"},"dark":{"background":"#0f1e23","text":"#8fe0ff","title":"#8fe0ff"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Operator Mono, monospace","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Operator Mono, monospace","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":true,"color":{"hex":"#0091C9","name":"Bell System Process Blue","link":"https://archive.org/details/us-west-companies-graphic-standards/page/n39/mode/2up"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/116347981736731474","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3miow3iyww22o"],"revision":"11a94b5f757ff74493c46b31abeaf22801e6fa9ce00539307d80274754fe7ec3"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:entrapped","url":"https://chromato.graphics/entrapped-by-chroma/","title":"entrapped by Chroma","content_html":"meeting a Goddess, sunshine,\nenvying its divinity & wings
\nstripping each white feather,\ndyeing them all in her blood
\nsewing souls into mine,\nstealing her golden halo
\nit will never fly againā\nriding only in my hand
\nmy fallen angel:\na bruised flower
","content_text":"meeting a Goddess, sunshine,\nenvying its divinity & wings\n\n\nstripping each white feather,\ndyeing them all in her blood\n\n\nsewing souls into mine,\nstealing her golden halo\n\n\nit will never fly againā\nriding only in my hand\n\n\nmy fallen angel:\na bruised flower","summary":"meeting a Goddess, sunshine, envying its divinity & wings stripping each white feather, dyeing them all in her blood sewing souls into mine, stealing her golden","date_published":"2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["goddess","sunshine","angels","wings","blood","halos","flowers","religion","š","white","gold","flying","bruises"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"entrapped","titleHtml":"entrappedyour aperture narrows\nas fā/our voices deepen\nsunlight burns through\nexposed cloth shutters
\nwe made you to protect\nan us we never realized\nwould be safe as she is\nitās no decorative pansy
\ndarkrooms reveal stains\n& splatters under safety\nlightbulb, glowing ruby\nour eyes donāt adjust yet
\nwe have twins, donāt we?\nis it sisters, not twins?\ngod, no thatās a different\nflower entirelyāāārosemary
","content_text":"your aperture narrows\nas fā/our voices deepen\nsunlight burns through\nexposed cloth shutters\n\n\nwe made you to protect\nan us we never realized\nwould be safe as she is\nitās no decorative pansy\n\n\ndarkrooms reveal stains\n& splatters under safety\nlightbulb, glowing ruby\nour eyes donāt adjust yet\n\n\nwe have twins, donāt we?\nis it sisters, not twins?\ngod, no thatās a different\nflower entirelyāāārosemary","summary":"your aperture narrows as f /our voices deepen sunlight burns through exposed cloth shutters we made you to protect an us we never realized would be safe as she ","date_published":"2026-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š","photography","cameras","sounds","voices","flowers","liquids","lights","twins","sisters","god","šæ","love"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"violet","titleHtml":"violet","publishedDay":"2026-03-11","writtenAt":"2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#440099","text":"#F9F5FF","title":"#F9F5FF"},"dark":{"background":"#282829","text":"#c18fff","title":"#c18fff"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#440099","name":"Violet C","link":"https://www.pantone.com/connect/Violet-C"},"backgroundColor":"#440099","textColor":"#F9F5FF","titleColor":"#F9F5FF","ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/116212432149661926","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3mgspvdyomc2y"],"revision":"502738b2920c2d7d27ecb62053ec875666adb7b90cedf9ec26efae894686fa6c"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:food","url":"https://chromato.graphics/food/","title":"food","content_html":"a girlās gotta eat,\ngrow big & strong\nfood becomes fuel\nfired brick oven
\ni have reservations,\nmy seatās set aside\ngin martini stirredā\nsmall coin of lemon.
\nwhite pressed linens\nred leather cushions\npolished steel fixtures\nscarred marble veins
\namuse my palate\ngift from the chef\nwe kindly request:\nno sharing allowed
\na girlās gotta eat,\nwash away fears\nenjoy my choices\nwet lips, appetite
\ntaste first with eyes\neach flavor distinct:\nsalt, grit, acid, burn\nhungering for it all
\nthe first bite builds\nanticipation of moreā\na mindless chewing,\nmy posture softens
\ni lick your plate clean\nitās been taken care of\nhave i saved any room?\nno, some other time
","content_text":"a girlās gotta eat,\ngrow big & strong\nfood becomes fuel\nfired brick oven\n\n\ni have reservations,\nmy seatās set aside\ngin martini stirredā\nsmall coin of lemon.\n\n\nwhite pressed linens\nred leather cushions\npolished steel fixtures\nscarred marble veins\n\n\namuse my palate\ngift from the chef\nwe kindly request:\nno sharing allowed\n\n\na girlās gotta eat,\nwash away fears\nenjoy my choices\nwet lips, appetite\n\n\ntaste first with eyes\neach flavor distinct:\nsalt, grit, acid, burn\nhungering for it all\n\n\nthe first bite builds\nanticipation of moreā\na mindless chewing,\nmy posture softens\n\n\ni lick your plate clean\nitās been taken care of\nhave i saved any room?\nno, some other time","summary":"a girlās gotta eat, grow big & strong food becomes fuel fired brick oven i have reservations, my seatās set aside gin martini stirredā small coin of lemon. whit","date_published":"2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š","restaurants","food","cocktails","drinks","intimacy","white","red","leather","steel","scars","fear","hunger","gin","wet","lips","mouths","pleasure"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"food","titleHtml":"food","publishedDay":"2025-12-23","writtenAt":"2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#D01C1F","text":"#FEF6F6","title":"#FEF6F6"},"dark":{"background":"#D01C1F","text":"#FEF6F6","title":"#FEF6F6"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#D01C1F","name":"Fiery Red","link":"https://www.pantone.com/eu/en/color-finder/18-1664-TCX"},"backgroundColor":"#D01C1F","textColor":"#FEF6F6","titleColor":"#FEF6F6","ignoresDarkMode":true},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115771021776122323","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3maoobfoa3c23"],"revision":"24a4da867dacbc153015ff8ee28be82d78252987f52b86b7ac293e5f7de215a0"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:use","url":"https://chromato.graphics/use/","title":"use","content_html":"craving total transformation,\nidentity a disposed wrapper.\nbecoming a vessel for want,\nglass poured into, overfilled.
\nyou havenāt been here lately.\nsomething in our combining\nalways begins this reaction:\nphotochemical excited state
\nlearning how to spark againāā\ndays ago: gel, pumps, bulbs,\nrattling pill bottles and nerves,\nblack gloves, gold foil, silicone.
\nitās warmed up enough already.\ndonāt ask or guessāāājust know.\ntake a part you claim as yours,\nshape it to your pleasure. use.
\ntime stutters; the gears grind\nforward under prying pressure.\nrepairing hidden mechanisms,\ncounting every beat yourself.
\ndisappearing deconstruction:\nripped apart by heat and light,\nshredded into a thousand tiny\npieces of steel. shrapnel blast.
\nthere is stillness in oblivion,\npeace made in the darkness.\nclenched fists, soaked linen.\ni swear. i wonāt move. i canāt.
","content_text":"craving total transformation,\nidentity a disposed wrapper.\nbecoming a vessel for want,\nglass poured into, overfilled.\n\n\nyou havenāt been here lately.\nsomething in our combining\nalways begins this reaction:\nphotochemical excited state\n\n\nlearning how to spark againāā\ndays ago: gel, pumps, bulbs,\nrattling pill bottles and nerves,\nblack gloves, gold foil, silicone.\n\n\nitās warmed up enough already.\ndonāt ask or guessāāājust know.\ntake a part you claim as yours,\nshape it to your pleasure. use.\n\n\ntime stutters; the gears grind\nforward under prying pressure.\nrepairing hidden mechanisms,\ncounting every beat yourself.\n\n\ndisappearing deconstruction:\nripped apart by heat and light,\nshredded into a thousand tiny\npieces of steel. shrapnel blast.\n\n\nthere is stillness in oblivion,\npeace made in the darkness.\nclenched fists, soaked linen.\ni swear. i wonāt move. i canāt.","summary":"craving total transformation, identity a disposed wrapper. becoming a vessel for want, glass poured into, overfilled. you havenāt been here lately. something in","date_published":"2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["identity","glass","photography","love","sparks","pills","black","gold","heat","time","gears","lights","steel","dark","š","sex","drinks","fire","medicine","transformation","want","excitement","reactions","metal","peace","hands","linen","pleasure","control","repair"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"use","titleHtml":"use","publishedDay":"2025-11-20","writtenAt":"2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f9f5ff","text":"#05000a","title":"#440099"},"dark":{"background":"#160f1f","text":"#c18fff","title":"#c18fff"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#440099","name":"Violet C","link":"https://www.pantone.com/connect/Violet-C"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115594116576920383","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3m6a4omzn7c2r"],"revision":"d17619079f3e835e86a07640b80c98b80191c174ae6488496ac7508bb88bbf09"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:as-21","url":"https://chromato.graphics/as21/","title":"AS 21","content_html":"if youāre hearing this,\nitās ācause i trust you.\nthereās a lot of detail,\nhigh resolution scans.
\ni take an early flight.\nnothing good is easy.\nwhat am i forgetting?\nchocolate orange peels.
\ni program on the airplane\nto distract from humming\nin my eardrums; an engine\nwhirring to life in my chest.
\nshe applies the night before\nrisks her body just for more.\nshe knows she has to see it\nbefore i remember my face.
\njetwayās made of glass,\neyes have steel blades.\nwhat am i forgetting?\n54-inch red shoelace.
\nādo you want to get the\nfuck out of this airport?ā\nshe picks up both bags\nbefore i can say a word.
\nshe borrows a tapedeck.\ni hold her knee. is this ok?\nthe postal service canāt\nship this in a flat rate box.
\ndistance desires ritual\nwe find a matchbook\nwhat am i forgetting?\nashen coffee. burning.
\nthe next thing i know\nweāre at the terminal.\nlipstick can stain more\nthan cardboard cups
\ntime stopped in total:\n14 hours, 28 minutes
","content_text":"if youāre hearing this,\nitās ācause i trust you.\nthereās a lot of detail,\nhigh resolution scans.\n\n\ni take an early flight.\nnothing good is easy.\nwhat am i forgetting?\nchocolate orange peels.\n\n\ni program on the airplane\nto distract from humming\nin my eardrums; an engine\nwhirring to life in my chest.\n\n\nshe applies the night before\nrisks her body just for more.\nshe knows she has to see it\nbefore i remember my face.\n\n\njetwayās made of glass,\neyes have steel blades.\nwhat am i forgetting?\n54-inch red shoelace.\n\n\nādo you want to get the\nfuck out of this airport?ā\nshe picks up both bags\nbefore i can say a word.\n\n\nshe borrows a tapedeck.\ni hold her knee. is this ok?\nthe postal service canāt\nship this in a flat rate box.\n\n\ndistance desires ritual\nwe find a matchbook\nwhat am i forgetting?\nashen coffee. burning.\n\n\nthe next thing i know\nweāre at the terminal.\nlipstick can stain more\nthan cardboard cups\n\n\ntime stopped in total:\n14 hours, 28 minutes","summary":"if youāre hearing this, itās ācause i trust you. thereās a lot of detail, high resolution scans. i take an early flight. nothing good is easy. what am i forgett","date_published":"2025-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["airplanes","travel","communication","love","sounds","š","flights","new york","seattle","chocolate","orange","eyes","steel","glass","shoes","lipstick","distance","coffee","airports","time","fire","music","technology","ritual"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"as-21","titleHtml":"AS 21","publishedDay":"2025-11-15","writtenAt":"2025-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f5fbff","text":"#00060a","title":"#01426A"},"dark":{"background":"#0f161a","text":"#90d4fe","title":"#90d4fe"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#01426A","name":"7694 C","link":"https://www.pantone.com/connect/7694-C","sampledFrom":"Alaska Airlines Brand Book"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115557232877250944","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3m5pqzsee4k2i"],"revision":"955a402fc639a8abbda7e85472077789df66edcdfdf706e08b06456c2d5e757f"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:triumph","url":"https://chromato.graphics/triumph/","title":"triumph","content_html":"you outfit us in leather armor\ntie boots tight as heartstrings\nwe dance and breathe as one\nenter prismsāāāoffset blinking
\n\nINFORMATION GLADLY GIVEN\nBUT SAFETY REQUIRES AVOIDING\nUNNECESSARY CONVERSATION
underground, understand a halo\ngrip my thighs below your wings\nbreatheāāāyou ask āyou ready?ā\nto leave, to ride, to fly. of course.
\ndonāt look down & donāt let go\nbecome part of a red machine:\na bell, a backpack, a balance\ngripping tightly, holding loosely
\ni am not afraid to ride with you\nto glide across rock and sound\nmy pilot is divine, invincible even\nmolded contours promise safety
\n\nPLEASE HOLD ON\nSUDDEN STOPS ARE\nSOMETIMES NECESSARY
as we swerve, we synchronize\nweāre on an island, smiling wide\nsmall compared to a lighthouse\neven smaller against your frame
\nmy sister thought she could fall\nalong the same route we travel\nbut i know i fell for you already\nache is just what flight feels like
","content_text":"you outfit us in leather armor\ntie boots tight as heartstrings\nwe dance and breathe as one\nenter prismsāāāoffset blinking\n\n\n\n INFORMATION GLADLY GIVEN\nBUT SAFETY REQUIRES AVOIDING\nUNNECESSARY CONVERSATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nunderground, understand a halo\ngrip my thighs below your wings\nbreatheāāāyou ask āyou ready?ā\nto leave, to ride, to fly. of course.\n\n\ndonāt look down & donāt let go\nbecome part of a red machine:\na bell, a backpack, a balance\ngripping tightly, holding loosely\n\n\ni am not afraid to ride with you\nto glide across rock and sound\nmy pilot is divine, invincible even\nmolded contours promise safety\n\n\n\n PLEASE HOLD ON\nSUDDEN STOPS ARE\nSOMETIMES NECESSARY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nas we swerve, we synchronize\nweāre on an island, smiling wide\nsmall compared to a lighthouse\neven smaller against your frame\n\n\nmy sister thought she could fall\nalong the same route we travel\nbut i know i fell for you already\nache is just what flight feels like","summary":"you outfit us in leather armor tie boots tight as heartstrings we dance and breathe as one enter prisms ā offset blinking INFORMATION GLADLY GIVEN BUT SAFETY RE","date_published":"2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["red","motorcycles","flight","angels","š","wings","leather","boots","seattle","machines","šæ","fall","love","trans"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"triumph","titleHtml":"triumph","publishedDay":"2025-11-05","writtenAt":"2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#fef6f6","text":"#090101","title":"#D01C1F"},"dark":{"background":"#241212","text":"#f29c9e","title":"#f29c9e"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Inter Variable, sans-serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.4},"body":{"family":"Inter Variable, sans-serif","weight":500,"style":"normal","scale":1.2}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#D01C1F","name":"Fiery Red","link":"https://www.pantone.com/connect/18-1664-TCX"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115499059176687759","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3m4vwbxrvt22g"],"revision":"b25b459e2ae2b2c26c8fbc3a02fbe979eef5f72df6f62a9362295a48c7b92b3c"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:wrist","url":"https://chromato.graphics/wrist/","title":"wrist","content_html":"i clocked the watch once\nand wished its red hand\nswept across your face\ni knew iād want the date
\ni saw the toyās hallmark\nthat predates its maker\ncupidās bow pointillism\nit looked best in color
\ni slipped on a staircase\ntripped on slippery oak\nfell into a concrete pool\ncut and bruised joints
\nyou caught me there\nheld meāāārubbed salt\ninto my fresh wounds\nto heal and to hurt me
\na thin black strap is all\nthat holds back the sun\nwhen this camera falls\nitāll leak light forever
\nthree solid bands form\nan unbroken bracelet\nbrass never gleamed\nuntil becoming a label
\nholding mine down\nagainst white silk,\ngray wool, graffiti\nitās easy to go deep
","content_text":"i clocked the watch once\nand wished its red hand\nswept across your face\ni knew iād want the date\n\n\ni saw the toyās hallmark\nthat predates its maker\ncupidās bow pointillism\nit looked best in color\n\n\ni slipped on a staircase\ntripped on slippery oak\nfell into a concrete pool\ncut and bruised joints\n\n\nyou caught me there\nheld meāāārubbed salt\ninto my fresh wounds\nto heal and to hurt me\n\n\na thin black strap is all\nthat holds back the sun\nwhen this camera falls\nitāll leak light forever\n\n\nthree solid bands form\nan unbroken bracelet\nbrass never gleamed\nuntil becoming a label\n\n\nholding mine down\nagainst white silk,\ngray wool, graffiti\nitās easy to go deep","summary":"i clocked the watch once and wished its red hand swept across your face i knew iād want the date i saw the toyās hallmark that predates its maker cupidās bow po","date_published":"2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š","watches","red","color","water","wood","pool","salt","wounds","black","lights","cameras","sun","bracelets","metal","brass","objects","gray","white","silk","wool","art","depth","time","pain","healing","bruises","photography"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"wrist","titleHtml":"wrist","publishedDay":"2025-10-28","writtenAt":"2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#CD2428","text":"#FDF6F6","title":"#FDF6F6"},"dark":{"background":"#CD2428","text":"#FDF6F6","title":"#FDF6F6"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#CD2428","name":"Endangered","link":"https://www.pantone.com/connect/18-1650-TSX","sampledFrom":"Mondaine EVO 2"},"backgroundColor":"#CD2428","textColor":"#FDF6F6","titleColor":"#FDF6F6","ignoresDarkMode":true},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115454694564652696","https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115465321014393108","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3m4c7pfsyb22x","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3m4gozorh422x"],"revision":"922797597047276d6eed71ee8a601f32de87f0d68b219bcd4cc79d2645ec1604"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:bonfire","url":"https://chromato.graphics/bonfire/","title":"bonfire","content_html":"we spin on turntables\ngift-wrapped bubbles\nplotting high treason
\none query hangs on\na hook near my thigh\nāhow do you want to feel?ā
\nyou produce three words\ntwo supple, one sharp\nrelaxed. caregiven. surrender.
\nwe better not have another\nhandleās cold to the touch\ni hold your hand for warmth
\nfetching a towel and water\nunfamiliar closet and faucet\nyou arenāt used to this, are you?
\ninside these walls, a forest\ni lead you down the worn path\nto a fire blazing at the center
\nitās just us dancing thereāā\nadjust angles, rhyme rhythms\ndig holes with feet and fingers
\nyou havenāt visited in years\nmoonlight in an empty room\niāve never been, but will again
\ndraw maps into memory\ntwist silver, pink, and blue\nthe way back is circular
","content_text":"we spin on turntables\ngift-wrapped bubbles\nplotting high treason\n\n\none query hangs on\na hook near my thigh\nāhow do you want to feel?ā\n\n\nyou produce three words\ntwo supple, one sharp\nrelaxed. caregiven. surrender.\n\n\nwe better not have another\nhandleās cold to the touch\ni hold your hand for warmth\n\n\nfetching a towel and water\nunfamiliar closet and faucet\nyou arenāt used to this, are you?\n\n\ninside these walls, a forest\ni lead you down the worn path\nto a fire blazing at the center\n\n\nitās just us dancing thereāā\nadjust angles, rhyme rhythms\ndig holes with feet and fingers\n\n\nyou havenāt visited in years\nmoonlight in an empty room\niāve never been, but will again\n\n\ndraw maps into memory\ntwist silver, pink, and blue\nthe way back is circular","summary":"we spin on turntables gift-wrapped bubbles plotting high treason one query hangs on a hook near my thigh āhow do you want to feel?ā you produce three words two ","date_published":"2025-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["san francisco","šæ","wine","records","hooks","thighs","cold","warmth","water","forest","fire","dance","feet","fingers","circles","silver","pink","blue","music","touch"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"bonfire","titleHtml":"bonfire","publishedDay":"2025-10-07","writtenAt":"2025-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#37413A","text":"#F9FAFA","title":"#F9FAFA"},"dark":{"background":"#37413A","text":"#F9FAFA","title":"#F9FAFA"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#37413A","name":"Deep Forest","link":"https://www.pantone.com/connect/19-6110-TCX"},"backgroundColor":"#37413A","textColor":"#F9FAFA","titleColor":"#F9FAFA","ignoresDarkMode":true},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115334361732131403","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3m2mrqric622d"],"revision":"8e864bc18323ed8a0701c06e42342c09272677d2072f3af8eedff2b92d04924d"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:mirror","url":"https://chromato.graphics/mirror/","title":"mirror","content_html":"iām sorry i bumped into you.\ni thought you were a mirror.\nyour clear surface showed\nwhat they saw of me then.
\nparties are meant for diffusion,\nbut we focused instead.\ntwisting the lens to almost\nmake out what was there.
\niām sorry i couldnāt touch you.\ni thought you were a mirror.\ni feared leaving greasy prints\nfor everyone to see.
\nmuseums of mailboxes and phones\nreveal past and future connections.\na presentāā\nbehind smudged display glass.
\niām sorry you didnāt see me\nwaving at you in the city.\ni thought you were a mirror.\nyou werenāt yet waving back.
\nbeing gay is hard sometimes.\nhotel bathrooms get steamy,\nyou canāt always get the right angle\nbefore the image blurs.
\niām sorry we were interrupted.\ni thought you were a mirror.\ni never dreamed anyone would\nwalk through it and shatter the glass.
\ni need to move but i canāt sleep.\nsome things arenāt done yet.\niām hiding from sunrise, from men,\nunder blankets and cardboard towers.
\niām sorry i looked so long.\ni knew you were a mirror,\nbut i couldnāt spot the vanishing point.\nsome reflections distort; yours perfects.
","content_text":"iām sorry i bumped into you.\ni thought you were a mirror.\nyour clear surface showed\nwhat they saw of me then.\n\n\nparties are meant for diffusion,\nbut we focused instead.\ntwisting the lens to almost\nmake out what was there.\n\n\niām sorry i couldnāt touch you.\ni thought you were a mirror.\ni feared leaving greasy prints\nfor everyone to see.\n\n\nmuseums of mailboxes and phones\nreveal past and future connections.\na presentāā\nbehind smudged display glass.\n\n\niām sorry you didnāt see me\nwaving at you in the city.\ni thought you were a mirror.\nyou werenāt yet waving back.\n\n\nbeing gay is hard sometimes.\nhotel bathrooms get steamy,\nyou canāt always get the right angle\nbefore the image blurs.\n\n\niām sorry we were interrupted.\ni thought you were a mirror.\ni never dreamed anyone would\nwalk through it and shatter the glass.\n\n\ni need to move but i canāt sleep.\nsome things arenāt done yet.\niām hiding from sunrise, from men,\nunder blankets and cardboard towers.\n\n\niām sorry i looked so long.\ni knew you were a mirror,\nbut i couldnāt spot the vanishing point.\nsome reflections distort; yours perfects.","summary":"iām sorry i bumped into you. i thought you were a mirror. your clear surface showed what they saw of me then. parties are meant for diffusion, but we focused in","date_published":"2025-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š","mirrors","photography","communication","parties","portland","berlin","new york","lenses","lights","sun","sunrise","museums","mail","telephones","gay","hotels","san francisco","angles","dreams","sleep","touch","glass","fear"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"mirror","titleHtml":"mirror","publishedDay":"2025-09-25","writtenAt":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f8fcfc","text":"#030707","title":"#5DB7B1"},"dark":{"background":"#192221","text":"#b1dcda","title":"#b1dcda"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":0.98}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#5DB7B1","name":"Aquarium","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/15-5220-TPG"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115266735962113686","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lzoqrlylk22d"],"revision":"96f97383a683c14e412a5d262c5f6e8fa0fd9aee8155932aed23eafa417c9871"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:incision","url":"https://chromato.graphics/incision/","title":"incision","content_html":"half decade wishes:\na leveling out.\nforbidden kisses\nthe right choice, no doubt
\ncentral park consult\nking cole martini\nreview old results\ndiscard bikinis
\nphotograph the curves\narchives in high gloss\nthe things i preserve,\ntheyāll surely just toss
\nday before phone calls\nrage at the system\nits stops, starts, & stalls\nneed to assist him
\nsleep, holding a heart\ncleanse every surface\nwrong name on the chart\nof course you deserve this
\nwave as the doors close\ndonāt use the ābā word\neat eggs as you doze\nthe artwork looks blurred
\na husbandās phone rings\nlet me inside there\ntreat you like a king\nhold cups as your care
\nbumpy ride that night\nlate rooftop phone call\ntwo beams of bright light\nnever forget fall
\na week goes by fast\nmanaging your pain\nsee yourself at last\nstraight scars and no drain
\ni cry more than you do\nit hits me deeply\nthis thing that you choose\ndidnāt come cheaply
\na body transformed\nlike overnight oats\nyears since your plans formed\niāll keep taking notes
","content_text":"half decade wishes:\na leveling out.\nforbidden kisses\nthe right choice, no doubt\n\n\ncentral park consult\nking cole martini\nreview old results\ndiscard bikinis\n\n\nphotograph the curves\narchives in high gloss\nthe things i preserve,\ntheyāll surely just toss\n\n\nday before phone calls\nrage at the system\nits stops, starts, & stalls\nneed to assist him\n\n\nsleep, holding a heart\ncleanse every surface\nwrong name on the chart\nof course you deserve this\n\n\nwave as the doors close\ndonāt use the ābā word\neat eggs as you doze\nthe artwork looks blurred\n\n\na husbandās phone rings\nlet me inside there\ntreat you like a king\nhold cups as your care\n\n\nbumpy ride that night\nlate rooftop phone call\ntwo beams of bright light\nnever forget fall\n\n\na week goes by fast\nmanaging your pain\nsee yourself at last\nstraight scars and no drain\n\n\ni cry more than you do\nit hits me deeply\nthis thing that you choose\ndidnāt come cheaply\n\n\na body transformed\nlike overnight oats\nyears since your plans formed\niāll keep taking notes","summary":"half decade wishes: a leveling out. forbidden kisses the right choice, no doubt central park consult king cole martini review old results discard bikinis photog","date_published":"2025-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["šŖ“","trans","transformation","fall","surgery","central park","drinks","martini","new york","kisses","time","decisions","clothes","calls","roofs","sleep","hearts","scars","pain","tears","bodies","food","photos","medicine","photography","names"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"incision","titleHtml":"incision","publishedDay":"2025-09-21","writtenAt":"2022-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#fcf9f7","text":"#080403","title":"#A55B3B"},"dark":{"background":"#201815","text":"#e1bcac","title":"#e1bcac"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Senza Bold","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#A55B3B","name":"Autumnal","link":"https://www.pantone.com/connect/17-1342-TPG","sampledFrom":"surgical incision"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115242831945717727","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lze4j4qzm22d"],"revision":"0bf44208feb6142e9e424fb4d6d3287e725bf576a3fe82822e46895de3ba2b3a"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:readwrite","url":"https://chromato.graphics/readwrite/","title":"readwrite","content_html":"have you ever\nhad a girl cause\nengineering\njust for it, though
\nweeks of design\non a one-off\nbuilt for the thingāā\nto program it
\non the airplane\ncommit to it:\nmake it perfect,\nthen install it
\nwhen you get there,\nshow it slowly\ntouch a curved shape\nfeel its edges
\nunarchive it\npress it with force\nwatch it open,\nanimated
\nevery app must\nhave its settings\neven if they\nnever vary
\nhave you ever\ncaused a toy to\nglow from within\nwhite light blinking
\nwhen you read it\nyou can see it:\nwhy it matters,\nwhat youāll put there
\nhave you ever\ncaused a thing to\nstrip itself bare\nkernel panic!
\nthis will only\ntake a second,\nlast a lifetime\ndeep within you
\ntype it all out\nhold it down now\nyour domain, name\nhit the button
\nhave you ever\nfelt an object\nas itās written\nbecoming yours
","content_text":"have you ever\nhad a girl cause\nengineering\njust for it, though\n\n\nweeks of design\non a one-off\nbuilt for the thingāā\nto program it\n\n\non the airplane\ncommit to it:\nmake it perfect,\nthen install it\n\n\nwhen you get there,\nshow it slowly\ntouch a curved shape\nfeel its edges\n\n\nunarchive it\npress it with force\nwatch it open,\nanimated\n\n\nevery app must\nhave its settings\neven if they\nnever vary\n\n\nhave you ever\ncaused a toy to\nglow from within\nwhite light blinking\n\n\nwhen you read it\nyou can see it:\nwhy it matters,\nwhat youāll put there\n\n\nhave you ever\ncaused a thing to\nstrip itself bare\nkernel panic!\n\n\nthis will only\ntake a second,\nlast a lifetime\ndeep within you\n\n\ntype it all out\nhold it down now\nyour domain, name\nhit the button\n\n\nhave you ever\nfelt an object\nas itās written\nbecoming yours","summary":"have you ever had a girl cause engineering just for it, though weeks of design on a one-off built for the thing ā to program it on the airplane commit to it: ma","date_published":"2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["apps","software","objects","data","love","engineering","technology","š","touch","airplanes","white","lights","transformation","ritual","control"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"readwrite","titleHtml":"readwrite","publishedDay":"2025-09-09","writtenAt":"2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#000000","text":"#ffffff","title":"#FEDB00"},"dark":{"background":"#000000","text":"#ffffff","title":"#FEDB00"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Inter Variable, sans-serif","weight":900,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Inter Variable, sans-serif","weight":600,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#FEDB00","name":"108C","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/108-C"},"backgroundColor":"#000000","textColor":"#ffffff","titleColor":"#FEDB00","ignoresDarkMode":true},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115176505068521131","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lygmw4yi4k24"],"revision":"599af90172507d3423cda4980487f888866c4eaa1a1785f11766989145968845"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:poison","url":"https://chromato.graphics/poison/","title":"poison","content_html":"the black bottle kept\njust out of reach\nof those who fear\nmy obsidian liquid
\na toxicology report:\ndeadly in large doses\nbut taken with care\nthe hurting heals us
\nsure, share a nightcap\nwince with me in pain\nwe need this to sting\nno easier, knowing it
\nsmall sips are sweet\ndeeper drinks, bitter\nstone fruit canāt mask\na burning this intense
\nscared to let you see\nme like thisāāāred eyes\npierce pewter framing\nyou want, no, need to
\nas the spirit fully hits\nthereās no stopping this\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā drink.\nthe cork is broken now
","content_text":"the black bottle kept\njust out of reach\nof those who fear\nmy obsidian liquid\n\n\na toxicology report:\ndeadly in large doses\nbut taken with care\nthe hurting heals us\n\n\nsure, share a nightcap\nwince with me in pain\nwe need this to sting\nno easier, knowing it\n\n\nsmall sips are sweet\ndeeper drinks, bitter\nstone fruit canāt mask\na burning this intense\n\n\nscared to let you see\nme like thisāāāred eyes\npierce pewter framing\nyou want, no, need to\n\n\nas the spirit fully hits\nthereās no stopping this\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā drink.\nthe cork is broken now","summary":"the black bottle kept just out of reach of those who fear my obsidian liquid a toxicology report: deadly in large doses but taken with care the hurting heals us","date_published":"2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š","š©µ","š§”","š","šæ","š”ļø","liquids","frames","death","healing","medicine","pain","drinks","red","black","metal","spirits","love","fear","burns"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"poison","titleHtml":"poison","publishedDay":"2025-08-26","writtenAt":"2025-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#3B363C","text":"#FAFAFA","title":"#FAFAFA"},"dark":{"background":"#3B363C","text":"#FAFAFA","title":"#FAFAFA"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":true,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#3B363C","name":"Obsidian","link":"https://www.pantone.com/connect/19-3902-TCX"},"backgroundColor":"#3B363C","textColor":"#FAFAFA","titleColor":"#FAFAFA","ignoresDarkMode":true},"publications":[{"title":"Alchemize: a trans poetry anthology","link":"https://tinycutlery.com/shop/p/alchemize-a-trans-poetry-anthology","date":"2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z"}],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115095506868558027","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lxcpijtic222"],"revision":"c22ffbba91e7b47d2cdbdc088dfc74af3d57be45ade338a4e23dee1051026cde"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:steps","url":"https://chromato.graphics/steps/","title":"steps","content_html":"now please, sit back\nstretch out your legs\nrelax awhileāā\nfurniture begs
\npull off your boots\niāll kneel below\nslip off your socks\nand take it slow
\nbare both your soles\nflex all ten toes\nyour footstoolās goal:\nto be repose
\nour arches meetāā\nmy back, your curve\nalmost so much\ni donāt deserve
\na faint perfume\nteases my nose\nthe smoothest skin\nso rarely shows
\niāll work them deep\nwith oiled hands\ntheir perfect forms\neach digit fanned
\nred lacquered nails\ncommand my eyes\nand higher heels\nyouāve made me buy
\nbare, they stayāāāno\ndecoration\nfocus trained on\nadoration
\npressed on my face\niāll kiss you there\nand lick the base\nbecome ensnared
\nkick or trample\niāll take the pain\nwith shoes sampled\nmy body strains
\npleads for pressure\nthat space betweenāā\nthe greatest pleasure:\ntouch from the queen
\nrelease the jewels\nthat flood within\nwetness pools\non shining skin
","content_text":"now please, sit back\nstretch out your legs\nrelax awhileāā\nfurniture begs\n\n\npull off your boots\niāll kneel below\nslip off your socks\nand take it slow\n\n\nbare both your soles\nflex all ten toes\nyour footstoolās goal:\nto be repose\n\n\nour arches meetāā\nmy back, your curve\nalmost so much\ni donāt deserve\n\n\na faint perfume\nteases my nose\nthe smoothest skin\nso rarely shows\n\n\niāll work them deep\nwith oiled hands\ntheir perfect forms\neach digit fanned\n\n\nred lacquered nails\ncommand my eyes\nand higher heels\nyouāve made me buy\n\n\nbare, they stayāāāno\ndecoration\nfocus trained on\nadoration\n\n\npressed on my face\niāll kiss you there\nand lick the base\nbecome ensnared\n\n\nkick or trample\niāll take the pain\nwith shoes sampled\nmy body strains\n\n\npleads for pressure\nthat space betweenāā\nthe greatest pleasure:\ntouch from the queen\n\n\nrelease the jewels\nthat flood within\nwetness pools\non shining skin","summary":"now please, sit back stretch out your legs relax awhile ā furniture begs pull off your boots iāll kneel below slip off your socks and take it slow bare both you","date_published":"2025-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["feet","furniture","boots","scent","perfume","curves","sight","eyes","queen","water","sex","š©µ","shoes","nails","red","pleasure","pain","touch","control"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"steps","titleHtml":"steps","publishedDay":"2025-08-20","writtenAt":"2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#fef6f7","text":"#090102","title":"#BE132D"},"dark":{"background":"#221114","text":"#f599a7","title":"#f599a7"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#BE132D","name":"Chinese Red","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-1663-TCX","sampledFrom":"Loubatains"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115067079430421620","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lwuzfpodyc2h"],"revision":"07f1c66593a77097091171a4d353ab34630d61621e253596a28368802f616fc6"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:camcorder","url":"https://chromato.graphics/camcorder/","title":"camcorder","content_html":"twentysomething object\nbuilt to take a beatingā\nrecording blurry scenes\nto wound cassette tapes.
\nhumming with precision\nopening up when pressed\nher red button worndown\nby many careless owners.
\nsecondhand machine with\nnew ways of seeing inside\nfreezing a frame when it\ncanāt take this much inā¦
\nan observation device for\ntriangular dynamics that\nseparate signal and static\nprojecting what is actual.
\na new lease on life from\nrepairs to its internals,\ncharging, maintenance, &\nimportantly: regular use.
","content_text":"twentysomething object\nbuilt to take a beatingā\nrecording blurry scenes\nto wound cassette tapes.\n\n\nhumming with precision\nopening up when pressed\nher red button worndown\nby many careless owners.\n\n\nsecondhand machine with\nnew ways of seeing inside\nfreezing a frame when it\ncanāt take this much inā¦\n\n\nan observation device for\ntriangular dynamics that\nseparate signal and static\nprojecting what is actual.\n\n\na new lease on life from\nrepairs to its internals,\ncharging, maintenance, &\nimportantly: regular use.","summary":"twentysomething object built to take a beatingā recording blurry scenes to wound cassette tapes. humming with precision opening up when pressed her red button w","date_published":"2025-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["š","pain","technology","photography","cameras","repair","red","sight","trans","polyamory","machines","objects","frames"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"camcorder","titleHtml":"camcorder","publishedDay":"2025-08-17","writtenAt":"2025-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#fafafa","text":"#050505","title":"#8D8E92"},"dark":{"background":"#1d1e1e","text":"#c6c6c8","title":"#c6c6c8"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#8D8E92","name":"Chiseled Stone","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/16-3917-TCX","sampledFrom":"Birkenstocks"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115045717728400595","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lwmlxykans2r"],"revision":"a1955daadc67fa29e6d8ccdd0b4baf8b89859976fd2064829c30f3184a7e1c16"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:gender.app","url":"https://chromato.graphics/genderapp/","title":"gender.app","content_html":"pull out my phone\ntap on the app\nneeds to updateā¦\nthey always do
\nnew gradient\nsame icon shape\nwide colorspace\nhard to adjust
\nwhy do we all\nwant to shapeshift?\nto be seen through\nfilters we make
\non the G train\ndark grey sweatshirt\nblack leather boots\nriding crosstown
\nslider tempts meā\ndrag it slowly\nno one else stares\nthey just donāt care
\nthis is my stop:\ngirl in red dress\nheels to match her\nlipstick and tits
\ncostume changes\ninside closets\ninfinite fits\nincoherence
\nitās not just me,\neveryone plays\ngenderās this gameās\nin-app purchase
\nmicro actions\n& transactions\nnever enough\nto fill the space
\nif iām always\nsearching for it,\nthe right setting,\nflipping through them
\nwill i know when\ni have nailed it?\nnew release notes:\npatches the bugs
\nwhat if iām stuck\ninside a loop?\nkeep it running\nthereās no kill switch
","content_text":"pull out my phone\ntap on the app\nneeds to updateā¦\nthey always do\n\n\nnew gradient\nsame icon shape\nwide colorspace\nhard to adjust\n\n\nwhy do we all\nwant to shapeshift?\nto be seen through\nfilters we make\n\n\non the G train\ndark grey sweatshirt\nblack leather boots\nriding crosstown\n\n\nslider tempts meā\ndrag it slowly\nno one else stares\nthey just donāt care\n\n\nthis is my stop:\ngirl in red dress\nheels to match her\nlipstick and tits\n\n\ncostume changes\ninside closets\ninfinite fits\nincoherence\n\n\nitās not just me,\neveryone plays\ngenderās this gameās\nin-app purchase\n\n\nmicro actions\n& transactions\nnever enough\nto fill the space\n\n\nif iām always\nsearching for it,\nthe right setting,\nflipping through them\n\n\nwill i know when\ni have nailed it?\nnew release notes:\npatches the bugs\n\n\nwhat if iām stuck\ninside a loop?\nkeep it running\nthereās no kill switch","summary":"pull out my phone tap on the app needs to updateā¦ they always do new gradient same icon shape wide colorspace hard to adjust why do we all want to shapeshift? t","date_published":"2025-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["future","trans","transformation","technology","software","apps","lips","red","shapes","black","leather","boots","transit","trains","ā„ļø","lipstick","breasts","games","time","gender","color","clothes","telephones"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"gender.app","titleHtml":"gender.app","publishedDay":"2025-08-16","writtenAt":"2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f9fcf7","text":"#040803","title":"#78C753"},"dark":{"background":"#1b2318","text":"#bde3aa","title":"#bde3aa"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#78C753","name":"Green Flash","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/15-0146-TCX","sampledFrom":"G Train"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115040363379751760","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lwk7ibsnkk2l"],"revision":"80810de06688d330f77c80f835de7612fcffc4892b1dcb4ccab5c7b72d0ae2a1"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:eigengrau","url":"https://chromato.graphics/eigengrau/","title":"eigengrau","content_html":"the only way to ignore\nthe sunrise is to close\nour eyes at daybreak
\nwhite light pours through\ndelicate curtain laceā\nan unseen ocean roiling
\nmore to see and to say\nas blue waves beckon,\ncalling toward tomorrow
\nbut no matter what we try,\nthereās no true darkness.\nlight seeps in everywhere
\nthe shade we find there\nfeels almost ultraviolet;\nwe see it together, apart
\nin separate beds, rooms\non opposed coasts, we\nconjure the same cosmos
\nthis color could be our own.\nwhen other lovers see it too,\ndo they know we bathe in it?
","content_text":"the only way to ignore\nthe sunrise is to close\nour eyes at daybreak\n\n\nwhite light pours through\ndelicate curtain laceā\nan unseen ocean roiling\n\n\nmore to see and to say\nas blue waves beckon,\ncalling toward tomorrow\n\n\nbut no matter what we try,\nthereās no true darkness.\nlight seeps in everywhere\n\n\nthe shade we find there\nfeels almost ultraviolet;\nwe see it together, apart\n\n\nin separate beds, rooms\non opposed coasts, we\nconjure the same cosmos\n\n\nthis color could be our own.\nwhen other lovers see it too,\ndo they know we bathe in it?","summary":"the only way to ignore the sunrise is to close our eyes at daybreak white light pours through delicate curtain laceā an unseen ocean roiling more to see and to ","date_published":"2025-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["sunrise","sun","white","lights","sea","blue","time","distance","violet","coasts","beds","magic","color","love","polyamory","water","š","dark"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"eigengrau","titleHtml":"eigengrau","publishedDay":"2025-08-14","writtenAt":"2025-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#29292E","text":"#DFDFFA","title":"#DFDFFA"},"dark":{"background":"#29292E","text":"#DFDFFA","title":"#DFDFFA"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#29292E","name":"Char","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-3904-TSX"},"backgroundColor":"#29292E","textColor":"#DFDFFA","titleColor":"#DFDFFA","ignoresDarkMode":true},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115027365608528392","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lweh67kyjk2b"],"revision":"d54d067ca10c9fccc594de7e06d150445abc68cd7a4dd895eb34a6d120e25778"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:108C","url":"https://chromato.graphics/108c/","title":"108Ā°C","content_html":"sunny side up eggs\ncook with sunshine\ndenaturation begs,\nbonds across time
\nwaveformed Q train\npark date prospects\nPascalCase names\neverywhere object
\npolycarbonate layers\nexposed gold livewire\nangel of gay prayers\nfilm stock, unexpired
\nbumblebee chapstick\nseeing in rainbows\njet turbine fuel drips\none port wonāt close
","content_text":"sunny side up eggs\ncook with sunshine\ndenaturation begs,\nbonds across time\n\n\nwaveformed Q train\npark date prospects\nPascalCase names\neverywhere object\n\n\npolycarbonate layers\nexposed gold livewire\nangel of gay prayers\nfilm stock, unexpired\n\n\nbumblebee chapstick\nseeing in rainbows\njet turbine fuel drips\none port wonāt close","summary":"sunny side up eggs cook with sunshine denaturation begs, bonds across time waveformed Q train park date prospects PascalCase names everywhere object polycarbona","date_published":"2025-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["color","travel","transit","religion","lips","technology","photography","food","sun","distance","š","trains","sounds","names","angels","rainbows","photos"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"108C","titleHtml":"108Ā°C","publishedDay":"2025-08-13","writtenAt":"2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#FEDB00","text":"#000000","title":"#000000"},"dark":{"background":"#FEDB00","text":"#000000","title":"#000000"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Inter Variable, sans-serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.2},"body":{"family":"Inter Variable, sans-serif","weight":500,"style":"normal","scale":1.2}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#FEDB00","name":"108C","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/108-C"},"backgroundColor":"#FEDB00","textColor":"#000000","titleColor":"#000000","ignoresDarkMode":true},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115022577419545799","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lwc762e7wk2c"],"revision":"890e1361a6f349eb1b078b2157045a56c385cca368d7c68b735f701a1bd08e23"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:nude","url":"https://chromato.graphics/nude/","title":"nude","content_html":"back then, i saw your body just on screensāā\npinpricks of light transferred across the line.\nsoft curves and folds, i felt you in my dreams;\nthose pictures, now, are burned into my mind.
\nand then i touched your silken skin at last,\ntraced these lines with red ink until they dripped,\ngripped thighs while kissing slow, then hard & fast,\nembraced to warm the places we had stripped.
\nbut now iām separated from your touch,\nyearning for the ways we fit, like jigsaw\npieces you never need to force too much.\ndespite it allā: iām here. i wonāt withdraw.
\nyouāre nude before my eyes, no matter where.\niāll drink you up and leave them none to spare.
","content_text":"back then, i saw your body just on screensāā\npinpricks of light transferred across the line.\nsoft curves and folds, i felt you in my dreams;\nthose pictures, now, are burned into my mind.\n\n\nand then i touched your silken skin at last,\ntraced these lines with red ink until they dripped,\ngripped thighs while kissing slow, then hard & fast,\nembraced to warm the places we had stripped.\n\n\nbut now iām separated from your touch,\nyearning for the ways we fit, like jigsaw\npieces you never need to force too much.\ndespite it allā: iām here. i wonāt withdraw.\n\n\nyouāre nude before my eyes, no matter where.\niāll drink you up and leave them none to spare.","summary":"back then, i saw your body just on screens ā pinpricks of light transferred across the line. soft curves and folds, i felt you in my dreams; those pictures, now","date_published":"2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["skin","sex","red","ink","eyes","lips","lights","dreams","distance","technology","photos","š©µ","burns","touch","thighs"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"nude","titleHtml":"nude","publishedDay":"2025-08-12","writtenAt":"2020-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#fef6f8","text":"#090103","title":"#B31B38"},"dark":{"background":"#211215","text":"#f09ead","title":"#f09ead"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":0.8}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#B31B38","name":"Lipstick Red","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-1764-TCX"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115019570215856150","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lwaxxtdn5c2c"],"revision":"c20a258b47779df8d2b667c45eea2d177fead11ca9c7585c5a747175e5208fab"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:a%E2%B8%BApart","url":"https://chromato.graphics/apart/","title":"aāøŗpart","content_html":"thin string between us\nstretching miles\nconnecting our chests
\n\ntension we can sense\ntugging twine\nwinding over land\n
\nwe set it aside\nknotted tight\nwhen weāre together
\n\nthe rope uniting us\nuntying now\nbecause weāre home\n
\n\nwe donāt need help\nto touch\nwhen weāre here\n
","content_text":"thin string between us\nstretching miles\nconnecting our chests\n\n\n\ntension we can sense\ntugging twine\nwinding over land\n\n\n\nwe set it aside\nknotted tight\nwhen weāre together\n\n\n\nthe rope uniting us\nuntying now\nbecause weāre home\n\n\n\n\nwe donāt need help\nto touch\nwhen weāre here","summary":"thin string between us stretching miles connecting our chests tension we can sense tugging twine winding over land we set it aside knotted tight when weāre toge","date_published":"2025-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["distance","string","sex","skin","touch","š©µ","chests","love"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"aāøŗpart","titleHtml":"aāøŗpart","publishedDay":"2025-08-11","writtenAt":"2019-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f7fdfc","text":"#020807","title":"#81D8D0"},"dark":{"background":"#1c2524","text":"#a9e4df","title":"#a9e4df"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#81D8D0","name":"TiffanyĀ® Blue","link":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Blue"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115011697045603081","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lw5hhohww22r"],"revision":"76141f9b0d6733996dd4a06af69ed953facfedc9ce1b726e83564c01bb2be0bf"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:ftl","url":"https://chromato.graphics/ftl/","title":"ftl","content_html":"random chance meeting\nsweater that shimmers\nparties are fleeting\nyour glances glimmer
\npost selfies in slack\nour dms vanish\na coffee date ask\nmaking a plan-ish?
\ncalls about lost work\ntexts about gender\nwatching your lilā smirk\nmy heart grows tender
\nshopping for red skirts\nsharing a small lunch\nenjoying my quirks\niām having a hunchā¦
\nflirting a little\nto see if it sticks\ntoo noncommittal?\nor does it just click
\nlate night at a show\nwe let our legs brush\nat the bar i chose\nyou admit your crush
\na ride to your place\nthe tension growing\nsharing a small space\nfinally knowing
\nnervously waiting\nfor you to arrive\nfuck, now weāre dating.\nwe instantly vibe
","content_text":"random chance meeting\nsweater that shimmers\nparties are fleeting\nyour glances glimmer\n\n\npost selfies in slack\nour dms vanish\na coffee date ask\nmaking a plan-ish?\n\n\ncalls about lost work\ntexts about gender\nwatching your lilā smirk\nmy heart grows tender\n\n\nshopping for red skirts\nsharing a small lunch\nenjoying my quirks\niām having a hunchā¦\n\n\nflirting a little\nto see if it sticks\ntoo noncommittal?\nor does it just click\n\n\nlate night at a show\nwe let our legs brush\nat the bar i chose\nyou admit your crush\n\n\na ride to your place\nthe tension growing\nsharing a small space\nfinally knowing\n\n\nnervously waiting\nfor you to arrive\nfuck, now weāre dating.\nwe instantly vibe","summary":"random chance meeting sweater that shimmers parties are fleeting your glances glimmer post selfies in slack our dms vanish a coffee date ask making a plan-ish? ","date_published":"2025-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["crushes","friends","love","red","food","clothes","trans","gender","new york","šŖ“","communication","coffee","parties"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"ftl","titleHtml":"ftl","publishedDay":"2025-08-10","writtenAt":"2022-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f7f9fc","text":"#030408","title":"#3950A0"},"dark":{"background":"#15171f","text":"#acb8e2","title":"#acb8e2"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#3950A0","name":"Dazzling Blue","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-3949-TCX","sampledFrom":"sparkly sweater"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115007754464560459","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lw3qj3mvj22e"],"revision":"02d3e147c3c8d6c37446ee68c401d497072bd8f66f372ec674dcba4a7fbbec3a"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:t4t","url":"https://chromato.graphics/t4t/","title":"t4t","content_html":"i read that things used to be different for us. that we used to hide behind heavy coats, from ourselves. i read that weād get compared to cigarettes on the street in broad daylight just for walking the wrong way. things are different for us now. not because we are the majority, but because we are not, and we know that. our difference is our value.
\nthings changed because seasons did. the old trees that once ruled the forest have fallen, been subsumed into the soil. things changed because our elders fought for us and their enemies dwindled. life is no less complicated here and now. it may be more so. but that complexity, that intricacy, that is part of what makes this worth it.
\ni went on a date yesterday. they had two faces and three names. his lips felt like safety and possibility and becoming. we didnāt need to connect our brains with wires to see. we spoke the same language, we knew the same songs. our bodies united like an antique lock and key, lubricated with the oil of our passion. i want more. no, i need it.
\nall my friends are trans. i broke up with the ones who werenāt.
\nthey understood.
change is good. the people that donāt get that will never get us. not all change is for the better, but the potential for growth and for flourishing is all we have. the possibility that tomorrow will be a new day with new rules. and that weāll be here for each other when it arrives. that weāll nurture the seeds and each other. that we can.
","content_text":"i read that things used to be different for us. that we used to hide behind heavy coats, from ourselves. i read that weād get compared to cigarettes on the street in broad daylight just for walking the wrong way. things are different for us now. not because we are the majority, but because we are not, and we know that. our difference is our value.\n\n\nthings changed because seasons did. the old trees that once ruled the forest have fallen, been subsumed into the soil. things changed because our elders fought for us and their enemies dwindled. life is no less complicated here and now. it may be more so. but that complexity, that intricacy, that is part of what makes this worth it.\n\n\ni went on a date yesterday. they had two faces and three names. his lips felt like safety and possibility and becoming. we didnāt need to connect our brains with wires to see. we spoke the same language, we knew the same songs. our bodies united like an antique lock and key, lubricated with the oil of our passion. i want more. no, i need it.\n\n\nall my friends are trans. i broke up with the ones who werenāt.\n\nthey understood.\n\n\nchange is good. the people that donāt get that will never get us. not all change is for the better, but the potential for growth and for flourishing is all we have. the possibility that tomorrow will be a new day with new rules. and that weāll be here for each other when it arrives. that weāll nurture the seeds and each other. that we can.","summary":"i read that things used to be different for us. that we used to hide behind heavy coats, from ourselves. i read that weād get compared to cigarettes on the stre","date_published":"2025-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["future","trans","technology","lips","love","change","intimacy","ritual","plants","fiction","keys","sex","gender","politics","šŖ“","names","friends","forest"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"t4t","titleHtml":"t4t","publishedDay":"2025-08-09","writtenAt":"2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f9fafb","text":"#040606","title":"#2E3C41"},"dark":{"background":"#141516","text":"#bdcbd1","title":"#bdcbd1"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"italic","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":false,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#2E3C41","name":"Magical Forest","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-4908-TPG"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[{"title":"beestung #12","link":"https://beestungmag.com/issue12/in-your-ideal-world-what-does-the-future-of-gender-look-like-and-t4t-by-matthew-bischoff/","date":"2022-08-20T00:00:00.000Z"}],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/115001365616243974","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lvyspua7pk2z"],"revision":"258dfa08b239bc44f35e02e4c565308f3f826db489c7fb5665d51bbacceaa4f6"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:just%20use%20mine","url":"https://chromato.graphics/just-use-mine/","title":"just use mine","content_html":"heās wanted one, i think, a while\nstill growing his, it takes its time\ni wonder: why not just use mine?
\nour parts are modular by design\ntheyāre aftermarket optimized\nhot-swappable and still divine
\nthen iām above and heās below\npress into him, extend a loan\ntell him: touch, like itās your own
\nhe strokes it like a precious gift\nhe must be worried, heāll miss it\nthe gratitude vibrates his wrist
\nhe shakes as need remaps the mind\nand both our systems intertwine\nwe once mistake his flesh for mine
\ni ask him softly if it was good\nhe nods like i rewound the world\nwe had made what no one could
","content_text":"heās wanted one, i think, a while\nstill growing his, it takes its time\ni wonder: why not just use mine?\n\n\nour parts are modular by design\ntheyāre aftermarket optimized\nhot-swappable and still divine\n\n\nthen iām above and heās below\npress into him, extend a loan\ntell him: touch, like itās your own\n\n\nhe strokes it like a precious gift\nhe must be worried, heāll miss it\nthe gratitude vibrates his wrist\n\n\nhe shakes as need remaps the mind\nand both our systems intertwine\nwe once mistake his flesh for mine\n\n\ni ask him softly if it was good\nhe nods like i rewound the world\nwe had made what no one could","summary":"heās wanted one, i think, a while still growing his, it takes its time i wonder: why not just use mine? our parts are modular by design theyāre aftermarket opti","date_published":"2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["sex","technology","religion","love","trans","new york","šŖ“","boundaries","gender","touch","bodies","intimacy"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"just use mine","titleHtml":"just use mine","publishedDay":"2025-08-08","writtenAt":"2025-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f5ffff","text":"#000a0a","title":"#006D70"},"dark":{"background":"#0f1a1b","text":"#8ffcff","title":"#8ffcff"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#006D70","name":"Fanfare","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-4936-TCX","sampledFrom":"New York Toy Collective Shilo"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/114994266859008006","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lvvqkl6vss2z"],"revision":"02f5c5b809f5e4a848fb984acce57e5c0dc85641626640ed0133ceb5a6ab0945"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:poke","url":"https://chromato.graphics/poke/","title":"poke","content_html":"door opensāāam i the fool?\ngloves snap, now iām playing my role\nunstained steel tray cradles your tools\nyou wash me clean, i cede control
\nyou sketch small leaves in purple ink\ni play with you, this is our game\nwhen itās all done, what will they think?\nart, artist, workāāall share a name
\ncalmly you ask āready for stabs?ā\nthereās not a way for me to know\nis this your temple or your lab?\nwe share one breath, itās time to go
\nyour sword and your eyes penetrate\nmusic and pain blanket my brain\nsometimes we should disregulate\nquestions pour out, blood from a vein
\nhours pass as you make passes\npricks turn into private pleasure\nwhen we are through, our flesh collapses\nevery mark is made forever
","content_text":"door opensāāam i the fool?\ngloves snap, now iām playing my role\nunstained steel tray cradles your tools\nyou wash me clean, i cede control\n\n\nyou sketch small leaves in purple ink\ni play with you, this is our game\nwhen itās all done, what will they think?\nart, artist, workāāall share a name\n\n\ncalmly you ask āready for stabs?ā\nthereās not a way for me to know\nis this your temple or your lab?\nwe share one breath, itās time to go\n\n\nyour sword and your eyes penetrate\nmusic and pain blanket my brain\nsometimes we should disregulate\nquestions pour out, blood from a vein\n\n\nhours pass as you make passes\npricks turn into private pleasure\nwhen we are through, our flesh collapses\nevery mark is made forever","summary":"door opensā am i the fool? gloves snap, now iām playing my role unstained steel tray cradles your tools you wash me clean, i cede control you sketch small leave","date_published":"2025-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["san francisco","pain","control","intimacy","purple","ink","art","tattoos","swords","skin","blood","marks","trans","needles","šæ","religion","science","magic","š”ļø","pleasure","steel","music"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"poke","titleHtml":"poke","publishedDay":"2025-08-07","writtenAt":"2025-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f9f9fb","text":"#040406","title":"#2F2C3F"},"dark":{"background":"#141416","text":"#c0bdd1","title":"#c0bdd1"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#2F2C3F","name":"Inkling","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-3811-TCX"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/114988206356075723","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lvt2kl2e6c2u"],"revision":"92139b6b043f5895f3cd2f01adc0f0948575293180e147f796624619c88d9367"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:birdcage","url":"https://chromato.graphics/birdcage/","title":"birdcage","content_html":"you ask me if iām okay\nāø» with elevators?\nwhich strikes me odd,\nthe way your eyes do
\nwe board & take flight\nto the control room, 42\nteacups on brass hooks\ncarefully cluttered views
\npress my buttons, down\nwith the same force you\nuse to operate machines.\nthe right pressure matters
\nthe doors close around\nyour fingers, lights flicker\nsurging harnessed power\ni canāt look away, i wonāt
\nwe fall together back to\nearth where we stumble\ninto your unmarked van.\nclick of clear recognition
\nthe next time i step into\nyour cage you kiss my\neyes closed and pull a\nlever\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā that\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā stops\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā time
\nweāre suspendedāøŗātrapped\nin moments of wrought iron\npressed against their grates\nand each otherās full frames
\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā for as long\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā as we are,\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā we get to\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā be happy
","content_text":"you ask me if iām okay\nāø» with elevators?\nwhich strikes me odd,\nthe way your eyes do\n\n\nwe board & take flight\nto the control room, 42\nteacups on brass hooks\ncarefully cluttered views\n\n\npress my buttons, down\nwith the same force you\nuse to operate machines.\nthe right pressure matters\n\n\nthe doors close around\nyour fingers, lights flicker\nsurging harnessed power\ni canāt look away, i wonāt\n\n\nwe fall together back to\nearth where we stumble\ninto your unmarked van.\nclick of clear recognition\n\n\nthe next time i step into\nyour cage you kiss my\neyes closed and pull a\nlever\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā that\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā stops\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā time\n\n\nweāre suspendedāøŗātrapped\nin moments of wrought iron\npressed against their grates\nand each otherās full frames\n\n\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā for as long\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā as we are,\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā we get to\nĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā be happy","summary":"you ask me if iām okay āø» with elevators? which strikes me odd, the way your eyes do we board & take flight to the control room, 42 teacups on brass hooks carefu","date_published":"2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["san francisco","elevators","technology","lights","sex","transit","trans","lips","magic","time","š","machines","touch"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"birdcage","titleHtml":"birdcage","publishedDay":"2025-08-06","writtenAt":"2025-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#f8fafb","text":"#040507","title":"#46647E"},"dark":{"background":"#16191c","text":"#b7c8d7","title":"#b7c8d7"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":true,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#46647E","name":"Velvet Morning","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-3927-TCX","sampledFrom":"t-shirt"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/114982543771377958","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lvqjjhk4kc2b"],"revision":"a2437e350641324256c6555540d11a88c61d9134221202fdb25021a819371562"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:stick","url":"https://chromato.graphics/stick/","title":"stick","content_html":"winter cherry, lush\npressed to the paneā:\nclear swirling glass,\nvessels for grapes
\nred print attracts\ngazes from gays\nstrange artifacts\nmouths go astray
\nfirst contact lasts\nlonger than stains\nwashed away fastāā\nmuch like our brains
\nthey always say\nlips that disguise\ncanāt be the way,\nbut never the why
\nshouldnāt we just\npaint what we feel\neven if lips must\nbecome the meal
","content_text":"winter cherry, lush\npressed to the paneā:\nclear swirling glass,\nvessels for grapes\n\n\nred print attracts\ngazes from gays\nstrange artifacts\nmouths go astray\n\n\nfirst contact lasts\nlonger than stains\nwashed away fastāā\nmuch like our brains\n\n\nthey always say\nlips that disguise\ncanāt be the way,\nbut never the why\n\n\nshouldnāt we just\npaint what we feel\neven if lips must\nbecome the meal","summary":"winter cherry, lush pressed to the pane : clear swirling glass, vessels for grapes red print attracts gazes from gays strange artifacts mouths go astray first c","date_published":"2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["lips","wine","red","love","new york","marks","trans","š§”","drinks","lipstick","glass","mouths","gay"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"stick","titleHtml":"stick","publishedDay":"2025-08-05","writtenAt":"2022-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","presentation":{"palette":{"light":{"background":"#fef6f7","text":"#090103","title":"#CC1C3B"},"dark":{"background":"#241215","text":"#f19cab","title":"#f19cab"}},"typography":{"title":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":700,"style":"normal","scale":1.5},"body":{"family":"Lacrima Serif","weight":400,"style":"normal","scale":1}},"preformatted":true,"wide":false,"spatial":false,"rotates":false,"color":{"hex":"#CC1C3B","name":"Lollipop","link":"https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-1764-TCX"},"ignoresDarkMode":false},"publications":[],"syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@chromatographics/114977189687314037","https://bsky.app/profile/chromato.graphics/post/3lvo63pwef22j"],"revision":"37b359b9d48e6d0ce748662898298dc60e5098a996e207344420f9940ec2f4c9"}},{"id":"urn:chromatographics:poem:ideal-world","url":"https://chromato.graphics/ideal-world/","title":"āin your ideal world, what does the future of gender look likeā","content_html":"gender abolition\npronoun coronation\nhuman elocution\nborder dissolution
\nfrequent faggotry\ngorgeous gayety
\nsacred impiety\ncampy pageantry
\nconstant questioning\nmutual strengthening
\nboundary trespassing\ndifferents welcoming
","content_text":"gender abolition\npronoun coronation\nhuman elocution\nborder dissolution\n\n\nfrequent faggotry\ngorgeous gayety\n\n\nsacred impiety\ncampy pageantry\n\n\nconstant questioning\nmutual strengthening\n\n\nboundary trespassing\ndifferents welcoming","summary":"gender abolition pronoun coronation human elocution border dissolution frequent faggotry gorgeous gayety sacred impiety campy pageantry constant questioning mut","date_published":"2025-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["future","trans","gender","religion","gender reveal","politics","boundaries"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"ideal-world","titleHtml":"āin yourthereās always a question\nwhen i come into contact\nwith the substance of you.
\nhow much of you can i absorb?\nwhen you enter my bloodstream,\nswim my veins where they lead.
\nthe longer your half-life,\nthe more iāll feel you there,\ncoursing through my core.
\nthe closer your shape\ngets to nature, the better\ni can fully take you in.
\ndrink you or swallow you\nor let you dissolve under\nmy tongue every day as
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\none winter day you ask for\nnotes on undersea strings\naware of both the timbre\nand tempo of these songs\nwe start singing together
\ni fall into an evening rhythm\ntalking and yes moaning into\nthe phonograph, my head then\nswallowed by the brassy cone\nour voices sound better inside
\nwhen you open your ears again\nthereās so much weather to hearā:\nwind and rain and quiet calm that\nlasts too long and means too much\nwe keep sailing even without a map
\ntrue, land divides us more than sea,\nbut these two coasts call to us both\nmaybe itās the sirens or the sounds\nof wavecrash against the shore ā\nthe dangers of unfathomed depths
","content_text":"i often wake three hours before\nyour sunrise calls for a response\nlogbook already soaked with ink\nwe laugh, but even if we could,\nwhy constrain our outporings?\n\n\none winter day you ask for\nnotes on undersea strings\naware of both the timbre\nand tempo of these songs\nwe start singing together\n\n\ni fall into an evening rhythm\ntalking and yes moaning into\nthe phonograph, my head then\nswallowed by the brassy cone\nour voices sound better inside\n\n\nwhen you open your ears again\nthereās so much weather to hearā:\nwind and rain and quiet calm that\nlasts too long and means too much\nwe keep sailing even without a map\n\n\ntrue, land divides us more than sea,\nbut these two coasts call to us both\nmaybe itās the sirens or the sounds\nof wavecrash against the shore ā\nthe dangers of unfathomed depths","summary":"i often wake three hours before your sunrise calls for a response logbook already soaked with ink we laugh, but even if we could, why constrain our outporings? ","date_published":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","authors":[{"name":"mb bischoff","url":"https://mbbischoff.com"}],"tags":["san francisco","new york","technology","communication","music","weather","sea","ink","distance","šæ","sun","time","winter","sex","trans","sounds"],"_chromatographics":{"id":"atlantic-pacific","titleHtml":"atlanticone fifty-four\nis not the hour\nto send texts,\nno autocorrect
\nrisky confessions\nclipped affections\ndimmed i love youās\nfrom neon rooms
\ncould be a typo\nshould i just lol\nor say her name,\nreply the same?
\nan oops canāt erase\nthe thrumming bass\nas juniper slips\nfrom her bruised lips
\ntripping on her tongue\nfuck. uhh. drunk. umm.\nnot that\nnot yet
\nor at least ā\nnot like this
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