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L ist


lin
k la
ck
tumb
ling
lan
tern
‘s nix
on
b
oiling
logs
I c
lung
ti ps
mudd
y fac
e poo
led like
c oiled garbage unsprung across the yard

 

 

 

 

 


F linders


w
hack a
,pol
e sha
dow
,fol
d yr
lun
g yr
oeil f
lag vi
sion
ario y
po
ached
the c
lose t
suitcase full of spli nters

 

 

 

 

 


Ha m


dun
g ra
ft
wip
e he
el lób
rego
el ca
ca flu
te
stea
ming
thre
ad
ag
ainst
yr n
eck a
com
b ination of the flacks ‘n forks you )knew

 

 

 

 

 


S tep


b
ox
ha
lf s
tuf f
ed
st
roke’s
su
gar m
y den
se ch
eek
soaked with wallet and a ladder cloud

 

 

 

 

 


R eel


ri
ped
me a
l sh
irt
bas
k
et d
ust my
sh a
dow a
fl
ame
un e
â me
ca g
e th
e ga
te
moin de coughing in the soup

 

 

 

 

 


Aka


p
aw
K w
ord
de t
ent i
on s
mou l
der ed
do o
r er
bla c
km ou
th a
wom
b si
nk
s
where the giant cat steps froth

 

 

 

 

 

 


Sme ll r ump


re e
k ag
e nt
ran
ce
a bi
rd sh
it he
ap
pen
dad
ge
nt
bus
te d
r oo
f yr hash hole gazing with a fork

 

 

 

 

 


L imb


s p
re a
d im
pag
e loo
p la
in val
i se c
reti
on
fee
l so
up dr
ench s
l eep
feel sandwich spreading on your neck

 

 

 

 

 


T ome


da g
bla
ng it
era
ton g
ue bo
iled my
f l
ung sh
oot
ra
t ie
mpo l
ang
uid e
ce om
nip
ore
your filler cube a book of wets

 

 

 

 

 


Win d


s tu
t er c
an c
elled a
b lock
z it fo
am er
ph o
ne )b
each c
lin k
ing wit
h co
in ‘n
cans m
y tho
ugh t
drifting past the soap rice dune

 

 

 

 

 

 


Po lítico


s pi
t my
co u
ch my
und
u lens
slee
ver
bat ch
o’ kna
cks ‘n
b out
s g
um
c lic
king
in yr h
at fa
ul t
coughing bomber beached beneath the window

 

 

 

 

 

 


Lun ge


wip
ed t
he s
lu g rin
th e in
ch p
l ate g
ush in
g da
da po
re my
she
lls dr
ink p
lash
y la
p en
sad a
n ap p
le
combing out the luggage bright with soup

 

 

 

 

 

 


Lea ch


see
k bu
t t an
k re
sid e
s lur
p mun
g bee
n th
e gri
s de
jue ve
s a cu
p of s
nor e
ah ti
me re
lea s
e !ah
nat t
ered lung sammich stiffening on the chair

 

 

 

 

 


In cendiary


c
ring
ed I
lid do
pe n
dan t
cov e
r my c
rus t
yr sna
ke sm
oke cur
ls in
s id
e my chee
k la k
e my r
ung bo
at c
raw ling char
red before the ladder damp with flames

 

 

 

 

 


Bun ch


hun
ched be
for e t
he lung
e yo
u s
nap aw
c lock
y bun
gee f
lank !gas
hed the
w all
dam p
ness an
feat
hers’ a
ton e
arm it
c hing e a
pee ling
lock rabbit kinda stepping in the laundry

 

 

 

 

 


P inch


s
lap
or e
ctom
y tos
is in
my e
ye
lent
il ca
king
in m
y thr
oat s
ee p
ing
lungish air stuttered inches on the flaming roof

 

 

 

 

 


Gr ill


sla
g p
ill gu
n f
aucet
p i
le fan
tô me
ter rub
ble mo
othy
base
ment
e cat
o
heel flavor, cloud lash, scummy lake!

 

 

 

 

 


Sh rug


sin
g an
pee
l be
ach a
n cof
fing l
adder
drag
ged a
s pin
ner
cor
ner a
ft yr
“thou
ght” clu
bbage
steamed the nickel dropped yr pants

 

 

 

 

 


Sat urate


en
ter
my nap
kin fu
me my
und
ulate
ion fo
cus dan
ker
lat er
go nom
ic sa
lad dum
ping bac
k the
gar
age a
sanctuario de babosas pearly in yr blinking dew

 

 

 

 

 


Chor izo


be
an a
ir al
p lung
ing
nec
k or
c lif
f at
latl
wh er
e yr
nos t
ril roc
k yr
s nub
s nodd
ing bub
ble he
ad monitored yr crushing hump and sausage chair

 

 

 

 

 


B ug


hea
p lun
gly s
leep
tanks
fer n
al gas
shin
ing in
yr sl
ept cro
cus d
rained
off lug
gage
lig ht
like s
hat
tered st
ains an locusts grinning in yr soup

 

 

 

 


Rê ves al


bm un
hc aeb
col d
erme
l áme
me ts
c raw
l oop
s aw
b room
sa w
reck
on s
yek
ring lin
g .s
low gn
ul sev
aw caper stalled ‘n stares asleep the swells

 

 

 

 

 


Kon k


so a
p an
kni
fe st
er ed
glo tti
s ag
ed th
e clun
g dan
g she
et fum
ée con
glandi
nación “hum
o” en
tu or
eja so
cket c
lickking spoonly likke yr long sinkk soup

 

 

 

 

 


pooL


le
an a
s t
ray a
bul
b clo
ck sh
udder
s a
,st
ream
an coo
l fatt
er s
pill a
gain
st yr
nec
k h
ill yr
lon
g s
lat
her a gathered gut inside the Pool

 

 

 

 

 


K ill


sh
ape
you
cl
utt
ered
wit
h a
b
re am
gus
h a
h
ill
lake
d wi
th f
lags
a d
ropping kkable shakking on the ddock

 

 

 

 

 


B ob


my
sno
re he
el my
conjun
ctivit
is fur
nit
ure my
desti
nate
it
chy
like
a lug
gage
nap a
chlor
dane
wad
ed
thro
ugh yr
maya
or pur
suant off the poop barbudo ,luminescent and a toilet

 

 

 

 

 


C rook


my bli
nk my
blo
ck my
bla
nk sm
oulder la
pel my
chir
py ger
m for
mation
“mal” in
tendan
t hum
b bin
aric
sot an
tex t
ile cou
ld you twink the divination folder or the phphone?

 

 

 

 

 


Win dd


yr
gig
gling ed
en art
i fact
yr
scar
fed tur
gidity yr
nec
k qu
irk “run
e” dis
quisition
mou
ldered
sh
rub a
gain
st the
do or
yr plun
ging t
it comb ffluttteredd like a springgingg treeee

 

 

 

 

 


W rote


ah be
ady or
chis he
rd !
ar
séni
co y
pel
let re
son at
ion ur
ethra
s col
ded in
yr sym
bol :o
ker
chief
“ho
ck” it
up an typeface connerie like acne adoration!

 

 

 

 

 


Bi te


de
liques
cent
her
d in
divid
uo es
posa
do an
ota do
y ca
gado
de s
poi le
d yr
slim
e sui
t yr
su et
lak
e yr
rêverie af
fluence squatted brightly as yr nate chigger

 

 

 

 

 


Face ro ast


br ack
et ch
eek gn
uL ts
iM “ge
L” bra
nching
fo r yr
nec k
has h
e lap
se re
lay yr
shri
eking
to me
gull
et in
ter
sect
ed htiw a pool a loop of yvarg foaminG

 

 

 

 

 


If


ga
seou
s hou
lder
plu
nge
s n
ail
boo
k hu
mming
gus
h por
k ?
eel
lad
der
,nap
e re
lease
the hairs flickering in yr cloudy throat

 

 

 

 

 


Die nte


pla
cque
do me
the
roc
k pan
ts a
swe
lling
ful
gor un
mar
iachi
dor
mita
con
su cop
a de as
cua jadas tus formas melting like a pearl

 

 

 

 

 


Stro ke


ty
ping b
last
nigh
t he
c lub
bed he
aven
bum
ble d
own t
he st
airs
s mit
e c
rash
b rea
thers
gor
ging
keys yr letters stuck between my teeth

 

 

 

 

 


Bat h


UV
eric
ular
crac
king
vul
vic b
one
bla
ded
hop
rot
unda
w ear
an st
ained
roo
m os
pheric
clubless pantsleg folded in yr motor oil

 

 

 

 

 


P lat for m


s la
p ho
p ee
o cag
e loc
k free
z es
d rap
e th
e bar
s wit
h ski
n ope
n yr
k ey
e poo
l )so
apy( nos
tril ling earlobe where yr temple spins


                                                              

Copyright John M. Bennett



John Bennett, Ph.D - is the Curator of The Ohio State University Libraries Avant Writing Collection, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library