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SHOULDER DINNER

John M. Bennett


Shoulder Cream

creamed hat you stunned hummer fork cudgel you
fell breaking clocking ham you chase sewage growl
mists you thud leaving grief shallowed you mind
truncheon flock napkin you flaming sweater
cheesed lung you pool trousers nape casting you
tongue shoulder

Room Tard

drat fog why remaerts chunk tune how citsuac roof
meal why gnippird sneak cup how dedoolf brunt
dance why gnikcos molten pill how derettug rag
blank why yhcti slunk pea how derebmun runt lap
why gnigguhc nor lube how gniknalf rob breast why
yklim eye fold how ymoor

Gnignirts Cloud

duolc spinner for your tsaeb dung gnipsalc rof ruoy
dinner kcolf nipple for your noihsuc rasp tesolc rof
ruoy reasons knilb comb for your rennuts slosh trihs
rof ruoy laughter gur gnash for your gninnirg inchy
slaoc rof ruoy chugger knad pants for your gnitfil
rudder strohs rof ruoy stringing

Change Slave

change and elbmurc hctib or napping cube and
noitarebil dratsum or lousy krill and srenroc egdod
or logic flag and rodipsuc hcnip or clanging flog
and sregnilf dehsug or slaving

Fenestration Powder

powder habit spared your yrtluop hcnul noitanimile
spared your corner flower sump spared your spil
hsals pmul spared your fulsome dredge summer
spared your wollip boj pmuh spared your jacket
“nature” screen spared your redlof pohc srekcank
spared your monkey bill stertor spared your seldnof
nub tsen spared your fenestration


Or Clap

clap heap louder nips ecnart or doolf peels rehsac
chore coughing or dredge claw combo eveis reciuj
or tneps pirt resolc jewel toilet or fling rat sole tsuj
temmorg or gnas lewot reggalf trust fungus or jack
ship tent loops ruognal or lead gut sutinnit dooms
locus or chapped noggin film sgulp ogol or wahc
knis egaggul dream sandwich or

Jostling Egduj

judge nor randy paehc nor redluohs mate nor lousy
boj nor ypmuj stray nor straw deb nor par cheat nor
sluggish knuj nor xatllop rash nor morphine liaj nor
retsbol crash nor tulips guj nor gniltsoj

Seed Escapade

seed cage said gnikohc talb krof said chinless till
salad said gnihsarc kroc wets said watch flick trunk
said woble klim malc said sleeping mice roof said
gnitaes gol taem said pusher fang dust said gniddeb
erop gof said escapade

Always Kniw

wink and rock loot ton revihs jerk and folder ekaf
ton ycnaf jaw and sniffing spoo ton rotom mail and
nodding kcahs ton egafael cheese and showered
trom ton syawla

Bushy Soldier

bushy slab I pord ygnops knil you sail crash hat I
liob ylwoj nus you read punched sleeve I lioc wohc
naf you swallow drill wallet I rednop egdun dnalg
you timer pudge shat I gnas levarg hcuoc you
soldier


Beep

beep my sugar noehcnurt flank my tone mrah drape
my phew sucol chain my storm rettug stone my
flume tsen lock my dust resir chew my nub rekcolf
guess my inch egnul norm my fuel nups came my
lap rennur some my form reidlos breathe my sun
reward cue my bright elgnihs


Soaker

wehc stem your packing knub nab your catheter
kcohs hop your ingenuity kcus pore your combative
lee root your sealer mub home your ecnart leenk
slab your doggerel naf nail your powder gnub peel
your licker erops sink your fountain buh drop your
steering kcank bent your clarinet egdod fling your
pincher gub nape your soaker

Blood

sank gnippird like a tube sore gniggalf like a rant
thumb gnitnurg like a rest file gnicnad like a plunge
root gnidworc like a ladder snore gniwolp like a
crystal neck gniwalc like a sponge book gniduolc
like a tree map gnilwocs like a number some
gnikcuf like a log clip gnidlof like a bench lens
gniknird like a clam meal gnikaos like a beach dung
gninihs like a blood

Uttered

mule or fan she wenk bog or shoe he taps dome or
hump she deyarb leg or trowel he delbuod spun or
mast she derebbolc rank or gnarl he desucof change
or gnat she deregnif brunt or lube he detettahs fog
or mice she deregnil lunk or clock he derettaps door
or heap she nekops map or dream he deredrum
shield or drunk she derettu

Slather

smoke that gnikculc throat lean that tulg sopper
shore that esnir loomer name that eci natter sock
that kcehc lunger spun that lewot rancid cake that
toor folder sob that leef clumper nates that elur
masticator crunch that dolc hinter grow that kcalb
spewer change that liob clobber pour that etum
clamor chung that lwof slather


Spinner

lwoy or pate smoulder remees or pry faucet nehctik
or pinch boner rettops or tube humper evitamron or
smell pincer stops or loud dimmer sehsug or drinks
gunner smoob or flunk wiping nwolf or mud
sandwich nrob or ow spinner

Worms

eat the chapter hugger dnalg eat the dog lamp
rennuts eat the fool sump ssenisub eat the slug drain
redlof eat the nap bus egannot eat the lube mist
rettan eat the drum heel gnilian eat the lob ham
gniknird eat the chest heap lanruoj eat the mud pool
eveels eat the sank keyboard smrow

Languor

snored the regguhc bench bill snored the pmuj touch
cash snored the leep train song snored the hsub jerk
death snored the dworc meal sucker snored the
knurd leg stammer snored the emid truss dripping
snored the tsirw dump cleaner snored the eci rug
shining snored the deggolc roof singer snored the
sserd rib languor

remmaH

bulc or dropping soak runner ekahs or dropping hog
snow hctih or dropping lag steamer tops or dropping
shirt focus sgnilc or dropping dumb frame dias or
dropping couch knocker hctah or dropping gash
said slee or stopping hum corner nep or dropping
comb dream liob or dropping chum drape wolp or
dropping blast hammer

Shield

shield knird or clutching map erif or seeming lump
foor or homing dong ekal or spilling wrap knoh or
flying drag knuhc or cheating dink pmal or cowling
nor rood or clouding shoe doolf or longing snap
elag or linking jinx erob or spinning

Doorways

gee I fondle skankkcink numb I fondle sredluohs
brunt I fondle sreddal burnt I fondle sreknits lab I
fondle gnitraf sham I fondle srenoom snow I fondle
sreknird cheap I fondle gniwonk sub I fondle
sredael jack I fondle syawrood sped I fondle
gnihguoc

Emod

love stink eciuj you spin ram store eulc you spin
beet sleeve eloh you spin numb lake hcti you spin
core strike psarg you spin while gasping elip you
spin nape loot tool you spin crush flop epard you
spin drips slipper duc you spin ignored tesolc flunk
you spin kitsch field egrahc you spin dome flag
gnipiw you spin

Seal

stream must flaming eb dope must craving pals jock
must trouble ekoj flag must wiping hsart truck must
heaper hsulf jakes must springing laem mood must
chugging eseehc ankle gag must tube laes

…ips

drunk wit hsurc all lips shat tree nroc all lips blut
rinse knuj all lips fowl hug kaeb all lips pole hunk
hsidar all lips bean kill paos all lips dripping heel
hctaw all lips sot flash spih all lips bomb leg wals
all lips pastrami hat ekal all lips dodge rut erops all
lips flung gust ecnats all lips meat hole stnurg all
lips bob clock toggam all lips

Ecnelis

eat the silence in your gnihguoc comb the silence in
my gniniahc club the silence in your sehsub age the
silence in my gnipiw drum the silence in your
steknalb oil the silence in my sehsa butt the silence
in your gninaol table the silence in my sehsag lake
the silence in your remmah blood the silence in my
eeffoc nap the silence in your legduc jerks the
silence in my gnispal ham the silence in your retfa
run the silence in my aehrraid cave my silence in
your sehcnert jam your silence in my gnihcni


Remoh

dug grunting pac ah folder tape shaping parc ah
engine shoal collapsing ekac ah jewels mud training
tag ah framing plow clunking tah ah jiggling pan
chatter pmuh ah focused dope changing stub ah
sooner hill cracking kcab ah shaver knob shining
nub ah foamer dim colding tnur ah voter rat jacking
gnalc ah homer


Trihs

I heard the sugar in the citta I heard the string in the
kcottub I heard the lunger in the mucspaos I heard
the tube in the hciwdnas I heard the sandal in the
ekal I heard the climber in the popados I heard the
expectoration in the enots I heard the honey in the
naf I heard the ink in the gartons I heard the lawyer
in the pmartixe I heard the oil in the maerceci I
heard the nap in the reddal I heard the gnignilc in
the shoe rack I heard the etum in the fog hum I
heard the dnas in the buried shirt

Slopping

lung clamming desserd your jacker tree
clamming dekalf your furnace nail clamming
deggalf your sofa nose clamming deppohs
your dogger pond clamming depahs your
notebook leg clamming dekcol your clouding
dome clamming deniard your licking soak
clamming derob your index button clamming
staked your naeco hop clamming desolc your
fluter name clamming dekoj your spinning
hum clamming stops your slopping


Bomber

jerk my snake ahead you rennid sam my slope
ahead you rekaos change my butt ahead you repod
gash my thought ahead you reppots name my thud
ahead you reknaps jowl my drag ahead you repaos
jab my sag ahead you retsgnos snab my bong ahead
you rednel flame my howl ahead you eeffoc slap
my shat ahead you rethgil rug my dog ahead you
regnah chafe my bee ahead you rennuts break my
espa ahead you bomber


Dinner

ditch sugar and a regnahc nude egaggul and a
topiary charge hamster and a rebmilc drool draynal
and a shudder nope clamor and a tsylatac sour
regnif and a summer jakes nodder and a reviuq
bomb elddas and a joker growl trousers and a reknuj
gram ehcahtoot and a shadow dung folder and a
rennid


 


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