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each ,bread ,told ,lung ,cluster ,gland ,heave
,trust ,lunch ,cave ,gas ,torn ,brue ,eyes ,crub
,thigh ,sang ,gust ,teem ,melt ,chair ,crust ,tail
,gouge ,rabbit ,mister ,wallet ,wiper repiw,
tellaw, retsim, tibbar, eguog, liat, tsurc, riahc,
tlem, meet, tsug, gnas, hgiht, burc, seye,
eurb, nrot, sag, evac, hcnul, tsurt, evaeh,
dnalg, retsulc, gnul, dlot, daerb, hcae

wiper ,sguls ,blat ,tsirw ,rinse ,gof ,shroud
,stun ,lake ,elbmut ,born ,hsar ,clod ,sresuort
,shape ,eglub ,game ,seugnot ,few ,rehsaw
,mate ,elib ,mount ,retsulb ,maps ,stekcop
,crash hsarc, pockets, spam, bluster, tnuom,
bite, etam, washer, wef, tongues, emag,
bulge, epahs, trousers, dolc, rash, nrob,
tumble, ekal, nuts, duorhs, fog, esnir, wrist,
talb, slugs, repiw


crash beach ,polg gnir ,table gore ,nups knul
,bam spots ,but peels ,now fist ,tard ool ,boil
shoe ,epan retsul ,blood folder ,hcuoc elum
,argued drape ,redlom dleif ,slot leg gel tols,
field molder, epard deugra, mule couch, redlof
doolb, luster nape, eohs liob, loo drat, tsif won,
sleep tub, stops mab, lunch spun, erog elbat,
ring glop, hcaeb hsarc


leg drench your spiel ,dim dolc ym remmurd
,pile ham your eye ,kcolf ecnatsid ym hceeps
,cowling stomach your meal ,doolf tsurt ym eveels,
,cash reek your glue ,guls niard ym strohs
,singe rants your fractal ,tbuod ym reinfectant
tnatcefnier my dance doubt, latcarf ruoy stnar egnis,
shorts my drain slug ,eulg ruoy keer hsac,
sleeve my trust flood, laem ruoy hcamots gnilwoc,
speech my distance flock, eye ruoy mah elip,
drummer my clod mid, leips ruoy hcnerd gel


“reinfectant” or yr dolp epahs ,gnik and yr taem
,soco flojo or yr mets llec ,spees and yr elur
,gas shudder or yr knis trups ,laem and yr enicrop
,flag crapper or yr knird gur ,stang and yr ocof
,dish sense or yr gnos emalf ,elttod and yr foo
oof ry dna dottle, flame song ry ro esnes hsid,
foco ry dna gnats, rug brink ry ro repparc galf,
porcine ry dna meal, spurt sink ry ro redduhs sag,
rule ry dna seeps, cell stem ry ro ojolf ocos,
meat ry dna king, shape plod ry ro “tnatcefnier”


oof dish lens ,relpod hsac egnever ,knock
plaque leakage ,gnihton s’dias sllaw ,dorc soup
foliage ,retsalp knurd raen ,mile bench bit
,neerg gnimmurd dennaps ,block lamp crash
,guls nirg rewot ,bank lap sticky ykcits pal
knab, tower grin slug, hsarc pmal kcolb,
spanned drumming green, tip hcneb elim, near
drunk plaster, egailof puos crod, walls said’s
nothing, egakael euqalp kconk, revenge cash
dopler, snel hsid foo


sticky nickel galf I said ,ruoy emit
,bugs gnimaets ,noom I said ,pouch cloud
,funnel cancer ylkrop I said ,“kcolf dloc”
,hsug ecnad ratter or a route I dias ,inches trouble
,said I bomber blub gnittilps ,rinse back
kcab esnir, splitting bulb rebmob I said,
elbuort sehcni, said I etuor a ro rettar dance gush,
“cold flock”, dias I porkly recnac lennuf,
duolc hcuop, dim I moon, steaming sgub,
time your, dias I flag lekcin ykcits


back locker hammer ro uoy diognuf drench
,dink nickels so I gnilwarcs ro I seem
,erons insulation craft or you teef rebmul
,keep yttops so I knas kcod coughing os I mealed
,traced beam you dang tibbar ebuc I so funneled
delennuf os I cube rabbit gnad uoy maeb decart,
delaem I so gnihguoc dock sank I os spotty peek,
lumber feet uoy ro tfarc noitsalusni snore,
mees I or scrawling I os slekcin knid,
hcnerd fungoid you or remmah rekcol kcab


funneled ding show ,kcal file gnitrups
,crash tibah smoker ,egdod mailer gnillorts
,hush guj smoulders ,tsyrt yummy rellams
,runny elkna sugar ,hctip vent retuohs
,pudge drib boulder ,sknas tot gnimaercs
screaming tot sanks, redluob bird egdup,
shouter tnev pitch, ragus ankle ynnur,
smaller ymmuy tryst, sredluoms jug hsuh,
strolling reliam dodge, rekoms habit hsarc,
spurting elif lack, eohs grid delennuf


“screaming” hump ,gnah ,ffo rood ,botch
,blooming eel ,sum ,ecart falter ,gosh ,tesolc
rekael ,mud niar ,doubtless ,hum ,etam gol
,resting neck ,bale ,visa ,cloudy ,mah retem
,tfel gunning ,portion ,sparc ,swipe epiws,
craps, noitrop, gninnug left, meter ham,
yduolc, asiv, elab, kcen gnitser, log mate,
muh, sseltbuod, rain dum, leaker closet, hsog,
retlaf trace, mus, lee gnimoolb, hctob, door
off, hang, pmuh “gnimaercs”


swipe tah dung plow rettfar floating in eht knat
elzzup or a loop the sgnul si tfel quivering no
eht elbat spunner epard dense lather armtip
shirt haze “feeling hole” ah lwarps drone
ymmug eveels it ti sleeve gummy enord sprawl
ha “eloh gnileef” ezah trihs pitmra rehtal esned
drape rennups table the on gnireviuq left is
lungs eht pool a ro puzzle tank the ni gnitaolf
rafter wolp gnud hat epiws


it gnorts bleats uoy stunner skate my
swallowed ssarg pillow you gnarl ssenisub
gnipoows node ym take ffo uoy my teach
loader “you” rekans drat dotted ym topiary tah
tnemniatnoc uoy spot taps you containment
hat yraipot my dettod tard snaker “uoy” redaol
hcaet ym you off ekat my edon swooping
business lrang uoy wollip grass dewollaws ym
etaks rennuts you staelb strong ti


spot and drench ,puc ro kcol ,sat and tree
,erons ro elttob ,seep and try ,dnuf ro ecnad
,cow and brick ,etuor ro wob ,wow and crotch
,hctaw ro eci ,bend and rice ,polf ro flep ,mort
and drip ,stug ro koob book or guts, pird dna
trom, pelf or flop, ecir dna dneb, ice or watch,
hctorc dna wow, bow or route, kcirb dna woc,
dance or fund, yrt dna pees, bottle or snore,
eert dna tas, lock or cup, hcnerd dna tops


koob muscle ehs wals creep you best elbuort
she forked stirg hums you flooder page dnuob
ron ehs stung crop edge mrof uoy mot doubled
she delbuod “lake” crap you smeared ylluf
humming shot ehs snorts bulc drooler uoy
shining gninihs you reloord club strons she
tohs gnimmuh fully deraems uoy parc “ekal”
doubled ehs delbuod tom you form edge porc
gnuts she not bound egap redoolf uoy smuh
grits dekrof ehs trouble tseb uoy peerc slaw
she elcsum book


shining sneer robhgien zzub him epod flow
grapple bmun best smug gnissorc bell smelt
lewot scram dnah edicitsep ,stubble dnalg uoy
dlof strohs edisni ry ssa wheedle luster dekcolc
his tar flounder drips spird rednuolf rat sih
clocked retsul eldeehw ass yr inside shorts fold
you gland elbbuts, pesticide hand marcs towel
tlems lleb crossing gums tseb numb elpparg
wolf dope mih buzz neighbor reens gninihs


drips combing ,pot rettaps ,glug traffic ,pirts
eldoop ,seem falling ,emosluf gnipom ,tub
hanker ,dehs gnillor ,pinch loafer ,hsart ksed
,gripe fingers ,lewot sreddal ,head less ,epyt
rekaos ,shot shirt ,ecid delahni inhaled dice,
trihs tohs, soaked type, ssel daeh, ladders
towel, sregnif epirg, desk trash, refaol hcnip,
rolling shed, reknah but, moping fulsome,
gnillaf mees, poodle strip, ciffart gulg, spatter
top, gnibmoc spird


inhaled or layered time ,uoy dias I reteem
flamed or sprawled leaking ,uoy eros I repaos
clapped or filed trouble ,uoy taem I gninnips
cupped or dusty fringes ,uoy pord I rethgual
shaved or running hypodermics ,uoy tos I derewol
lowered I sot you scimredopyh gninnur ro devahs
laughter I drop you segnirf ytsud ro deppuc
spinning I meat you elbuort delif ro deppalc
soaper I sore you gnikael delwarps ro demalf
meeter I said you emit dereyal ro delahni


lowered coughing mounds ,pah ecnalg ,prey
sugar marbles ,gnud redeeps ,flute truss
crepitation ,nups reggalf ,sob mister focused
,gag remmuh ,shield draino grin ,boc gnisnir
,clap master thumber ,kcals sugnuf ,stop saw
contamination noitanimatnoc was pots, fungus
slack, rebmuht retsam palc, rinsing cob, nirg
oniard dleihs, hummer gag, desucof retsim
bos, flagger spun, noitatiperc ssurt etulf,
speeder dung, selbram ragus yerp, glance hap,
sdnuom gnihguoc derewol


contamination ,hcni toob ,gust ,tahs fael ,core
,murd elkcus ,render ,socol ymmut ,flap
,elbuod emot ,root ,pmig reyal ,rugs ,mut
redlof ,puna ,yad otatop ,clad ,ecim gniloord
,sunks ,pohc repmad ,dome emod, damper
chop, sknus, drooling mice, dalc, potato day,
anup, folder tum, sgur, layer gimp, toor, tome
double, palf, tummy locos, redner, suckle
drum, eroc, leaf shat, tsug, boot inch,
noitanimatnoc


dome and rinse puc uoy dias
sound and flog esaerg uoy rekaos
spoliation and hugs stnap uoy gniknilb
somniferoid and knife rebmun uoy gnidaerps
derednuolf dna reddu case you socking
gnikcos uoy esac udder and floundered
spreading you number efink dna diorefinmos
blinking you pants sguh dna noitailops
soaker you grease golf dna dnuos
said you cup esnir dna emod


socking ,grunt esactius shoulder gniniard ni eht
crumb bag sausage gninihs ni the hall ,flock
sag yppah spend it srewot gnimaets ni eht
dawn lung stumble off eht rood yr hsac
hcamots knotted in the moons snoom eht ni
dettonk stomach cash ry door the ffo elbmuts
gnul nwad the in steaming towers ti dneps
happy gas kcolf, llah eht in shining egasuas
gab bmurc the in draining redluohs suitcase
tnurg, gnikcos


moons pule ,bonk lwahs ,bash fork souping
,durc elbuort ,dias dribble sruos netfo caging
rice sat gnihcti ytnewt sruoh came a lwob pal a
egdod sinking in the lake lap sopping enord
gnola eht hcaeb stung between ym redluohs
blades sedalb shoulder my neewteb gnuts
beach the along drone gnippos pal ekal eht ni
gniknis dodge a lap bowl a emac hours twenty
itching tas ecir gnigac often sours elbbird said,
trouble crud, gnipuos krof hsab, shawl knob,
elup snoom


blades smees ,tuop grunt elpmas ,choff peels
,eroc nap hcaelb ,spend kcas ,wolb cut xnij
,red hcnerd ,delb doggy pmal ,cool yrf ,tnulb
drama lliks ,smell tleb ,nrot lid levarg ,cheese
thgil ,knurt bam kcol lock mab trunk, light
eseehc, gravel dil torn, belt llems, skill amard
blunt, fry looc, lamp yggod bled, drench der,
jinx tuc blow, sack dneps, bleach pan core,
sleep ffohc, sample tnurg pout, seems sedalb


lock but knus your loomer surohc kaeb should bat
sock but each ruoy dual ypmul teehs should fat
clock but tnev your inchy gniyek erons should hat
mock but slack ruoy budding retsud deb should sat
dock but nroc your dribbly gnimmuh hcnul should that
that dluohs lunch humming ylbbird ruoy corn tub kcod
tas dluohs bed duster gniddub your kcals tub kcom
tah dluohs snore keying yhcni ruoy vent tub kcolc
taf dluohs sheet lumpy laud your hcae tub kcos
tab dluohs beak chorus remool ruoy sunk tub kcol


that paeh faucet ,taht moon remmurd ,that
bulc rinser ,taht singe gniseehc ,that evolg
foaming ,taht next rorrim ,that sgnur sloping
,taht bean retnur ,that tsruwkcob focus ,taht
sludge rennirg ,that dereffo clam, taht sprung
tfahs shaft gnurps that, malc offered taht,
grinning egduls that, sucof bockwurst taht,
runter naeb that, gnipols rungs taht, mirror
txen that, gnimaof glove taht, cheesing egnis
that, resnir club taht, drummer noom that,
tecuaf heap taht


shaft sucker ,eulg I daerps ,near gnud leap
cowered ,ratrom flower came dna derebmuls
,toh egac liver epahs fo water ,erol rabbit
useless rof your ragus niard ,bungee whether
epa ro hcnurc parc you said ,full lluf, dias uoy
crap crunch or ape rehtehw eegnub, drain
sugar ruoy for sselesu tibbar lore, retaw of
shape revil cage hot, slumbered and emac
rewolf mortar, derewoc pael dung raen, spread
I glue, rekcus tfahs


full gnul epar d ,tape ry ham ,roof ,ytuaeb
tnurg ,plop ,dang ekohc slop hoppy gar tah
)ypmuj( dregs ,kaeb ,hump ,bed ,ah swarm
!gab rednu thug ‘n thong ,gnulc ot raef ,bile
curtain desnir ni breeze ,yr face shale elahs
ecaf ry, ezeerb in rinsed niatruc elib, fear to
clung, gnoht n’ guht under bag! mraws ha,
deb, pmuh, beak, sgerd (jumpy) hat rug yppoh
pols choke gnad, polp, grunt beauty, foor, mah
yr epat, d rape lung lluf


shale or drunk ,tsoc ro kcuf ,blang or meal
,sresuort ro doolb ,fundus or well ,hsarc ro
tlam ,tumble or real ,ekans ro gnulf ,couch or
ants ,erob ro redrum ,fall or cloud ,mid ro
tsaerb ,flaunt or puma amup ro tnualf, breast
or dim, duolc ro llaf, murder or bore, stna ro
hcuoc, flung or snake, laer ro elbmut, malt or
crash, llew ro sudnuf, blood or trousers, laem
ro gnalb, fuck or cost, knurd ro elahs


puma noitadnuof buts ym skin you decalp
droopy glandex reppus conch doom relluf naht
ym cold maelg you chortle )tnur htaerb(
rippled fork ym enut emugel rudder “named”
ron uoy flavor dnaswich crispy knus my flag
rant pmuhc you lush hsul uoy chump tnar galf
ym sunk ypsirc hciwsand rovalf you nor
“deman” reddur legume tune my krof delppir
(breath runt) eltrohc uoy gleam dolc my than
fuller mood hcnoc supper xednalg ypoord
placed uoy niks my stub foundation amup


lush chip was offal hsac remaerd saw lennuf
plank noos saw wrist dump dellif was poolish
erop laem was dekal coal spillage saw taemhcneb
fought pord saw rubble snel gnilwarps was pinched
eek warts was effulgent gash tellaw saw eldnub
bundle was wallet hsag tnegluffe saw straw kee
dehcnip saw sprawling lens elbbur was drop thguof
benchmeat was egallips laoc laked saw meal pore
hsiloop saw filled pmud tsirw was soon knalp
funnel was dreamed cash laffo saw pihc hsul


bundle cave remmah loan em “typing” wodahs
ni ym hand esiurb number grief relbmut crusts
eht yek jack said )esnir( dope wallet ynnur
comb against yr hsuh kcen sleep against the
ytaews sllaw walls sweaty eht tsniaga peels
neck hush ry tsniaga bmoc runny tellaw epod
(rinse) dias kcaj key the stsurc tumbler feirg
rebmun bruise dnah my in shadow “gnipyt” me
naol hammer evac eldnub


walls yr etag hcamots dug mapper gos ruckus
revaeb sdloolb on stool gaze glad remmay or
was “hefty” dolc hsub coiled around a turd’s
htaerb sucof something rolling ffo ry eohs shoe
yr off gnillor gnihtemos focus breath s’drut a
dnuora delioc bush clod “ytfeh” saw ro yammer
dalg ezag loots no bloods beaver sukcur sog
reppam gud stomach gate ry sllaw


shoe lee hw ,hsa .c ame d ripping emac gnipiw
foam morf thigh sdrow k notted no eht seriw
chew yr bro ken eohsecal ,roll high .gaseous
no eht but spell “kcurt” rof em .tsal sm oke
melts into eht gof the otni stlem eko ms last.
me for “truck” lleps tub the in suoesag. hgih
llor, laceshoe nek orb ry wehc wires the on
detton k words hgiht from maof wiping came
gnippir d ema c. ash, wh eel eohs


fog …pid ym g land dum p esactius off eht foor
eht sky speeds .sdeeps yks the roof the ffo
suitcase p mud dnal g my dip… gof spotty
jungle e gnul ,trapped ‘n denrut h ash map ped
bright eugnot cawing no eht roolf floor the on
gniwac tongue thgirb dep pam hsa h turned n’
deppart, lung e elgnuj yttops dropper habit so
uoy gnis me a case ,navel fermentation
noitatnemref levan, esac a em sing you os
tibah reppord spotty


floor gnikcarc an derevlis revo ,“slivered you”
,nwot lworg ,crotch knud ,dekohc bullets like yr
hcnul squirrel ,runt tube I dekaos ym nostril in
yr ear oh egdun em ffo !corn lash habit rising
morf eht serussif fissures the from gnisir tibah
hsal nroc! off me nudge ho rea ry ni lirtson my
soaked I ebut tnur, lerriuqs lunch ry ekil
stellub choked, dunk hctorc, growl town, “uoy
derevils”, over silvered na cracking roolf


fissures ,top meat ,knuj ,toof redluohs ,fish
,runt shirt ,kcit ,retnec klahc ,nut ,lip jerk ,toj
,kcalf tub ,jakes ,dirt lunch ,hctapeye ,llag
tekcop ,fudge ,lapsed coughing ,krof ,taorht
deppihc ,beef feeb, chipped throat ,fork
,gnihguoc despal, egduf, pocket gall, eyepatch
,hcnul trid, sekaj, but flack, jot, krej pil, tun,
chalk center, tick, trihs tnur, hsif, shoulder
foot, junk, taem pot, serussif


beef sseltaem truss hymn derettams rinse yr
sudnum hcti ,known towelling’s feeb esnir
clocking ssurt mundus locust delbert no eht
tsucol taem half kcolc draining through ry
treble tumbled nmyh )“flange”( (“egnalf”)
hymn delbmut elbert yr hguorht gniniard clock
flah meat locust the on trebled tsucol sudnum
truss gnikcolc rinse beef s’gnillewot nwonk,
itch mundus ry esnir smattered nmyh ssurt
meatless feeb


flange cusp tumb rattle ,kcaj paos rewolf gurd
,murk spot clung epa ,plow hsaw mah reknird
,key mist gud ezah ,now spins spaeh redduhs
,pork lewot snalg gnilwoj ,plunge pit looser steggun
,erons eltsihw sduolc rednelb ,fought drapes fell a head
daeh a llef separd thguof, blender clouds whistle snore,
nuggets resool tip egnulp, jowling glans towel krop,
shudder heaps snips won, haze dug tsim yek,
drinker ham wash wolp, ape gnulc tops krum,
drug flower soap jack, elttar bmut psuc egnalf


head repees colder mad swallowed esned
jumping ffo the pooh shit snel flooding ni the
puc the gnikrof half derednual bright trid sways
erofeb the rorrim yr retsgnos temple “sisotilah”
spicy teef feet ycips “halitosis” elpmet songster
ry mirror eht before syaws dirt thgirb
laundered flah forking eht cup eht in gnidoolf
lens tihs hoop eht off gnipmuj dense dewollaws
dam redloc seeper daeh


teef ,kcas ,golc ,taem ,sekcahs ,gol ,gnuts
,foor ,tsim ,eugnot ,puos ,tsif ,gge ,ylf ,hcuoc
,gel ,yrd ,hcuo ,gnud ,reddal ,staolf ,gnus
,rettan ,staog ,mrof ,lleehw ,hcaeb ,mrots
,laem ,hcae each meal storm beach wheel form
goats natter sung floats ladder dung ouch dry
leg couch fly egg fist soup tongue mist roof
stung log shakes meat clog sack feet

 


John M. Bennett October 18-21, 2004

 

 


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