James Clarence
notjamesmadison.bsky.social
James Clarence
@notjamesmadison.bsky.social
Poet, aspiring historian, cook and baker with no sweet tooth
Missed having a void to shout into
Cotard's Syndrome gives me major Glass Delusion vibes
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October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Great day when you get back-to-back publication rejections and a lease renewal offer almost twice what you're already paying 🙃
#weliveinacapitalisthellscape
September 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Actually brought to tears seeing the preview of my first ever chapbook this morning
August 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"Gosh how privileged I am to be able to work 3 days a week and have so much time to do the things that bring me joy" I think to myself as I stand naked in my kitchen trying to think of something to entertain myself
July 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
@mostlymarknixon.bsky.social loving To the Flame so far, don't think I'll ever forgive you for the amount of Mouth Sounds I just had to listen to
July 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
You know you're from the Midwest when someone says "woodlands" kinda quiet and you just hear "Woodmans"
June 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"How did you know she was The One?"
Well, after a romantic night out, she leans in at the bar and whispered "when we get home, do you wanna watch Muppet Treasure Island?"
June 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
No cops at pride but Reptilicus is welcome
April 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
New personality test: do you eat the extra bits or the leafy greens first
February 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Been understanding the concept of involuntary flashbacks lately
January 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Oh cool, we gave chasers their own flag
January 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My most ironic contrasting character traits are that I would totally go along with a ghost taking me on some kind of morality adventure but wouldn't be able to resist asking "okay but to what end?" At every possible opportunity
January 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Unsettling what it says about my physique that 40 sit ups & butt bridges are easy peasy but 10 pushups are debilitating
December 29, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Getting a Big Thing published is wild because now everything I write feels like it has to Be Something and if I don't Produce Publishable Things I'm somehow not living up to the standard the Big Thing set
December 29, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I think when it comes down to it, my biggest problem is I think all human social institutions ultimately amount to theater but we've bought into them so hard we've lost the insight into the fact that we built those institutions
December 18, 2024 at 6:05 AM
What's one thing hyperspecific to your workplace?
I'll start: on Saturdays between the hours of 9am and 3pm, everyone has ABBA's "Chiquitita" stuck in their head
December 14, 2024 at 7:08 PM
The more bits you add to a bike to make it More than a Bike, the more tempted I am to shove a stick through the spokes
December 11, 2024 at 5:26 AM
It really is astonishing the good it does for one's mental health not being in a relationship that instills constant agonizing misery
December 6, 2024 at 2:43 AM
After four years of blood sweat and tears I just received an email that my first chapbook is going to be published
This hardly feels real 🤯🫨
November 28, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Oh right, I'm like, Gay Gay
November 27, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Really hot and sexy of me to need braces on both wrists so I don't sleep myself into major tendon trauma
November 23, 2024 at 8:44 AM
You know the kimchi is gonna be 🔥 when the jar fizzes when you open it 😎
November 18, 2024 at 6:06 PM