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C optic

pust nor ule nor h aft nor log nor rhea nor
domin axtrix said you keeper ?off the
fog ?ply pile ,spen drift grist led tuna
heaping in yr pock et a coptic lens tap
ed against the s pore f lung leg h ushed
wile stinging ,deep nor sput nor lick nor ha nor

C ubit

dug yr luggage smoke yr b ile shorts an cab
bage b lister ream c hug kinda costy f lock b
ush s hit s cald uh t drance blut tw ist the hand
les omb rages cubit dusted – c one con e – lab
it up ‘n cough .s top .stip pled nam ed a t ag
whirl you doppler sagging p hone an tick et grasse

F ork

p lung e my foc us ‘n tumb led d rain s piel
sug ared a ,tock nate ,flam ing in the pad ded
melt I sawr the fork m ate shiny wip yr f
ace yr s hore g lug – he ap a p ants – s hot cr
awl g rasp sang win bloomer pelt a f lop be
hind the lung ster where yr both ered lock s s hake

Cloc k

hock heap d win dled por key s patter qu
ick a d unce b urns the how s he d ying ?do
or burst win dow a f lame g ate my w rist
.so waf ting ,so c lock g runt or cheats the
sock ban nurd a gamy s kin loss s cream
boil yr weenies chuck the musturd up a log lung s pit

S treak

stup an c lap a gust pas t cha mping c lods
uh eep chew s porty tran ce s tuck up t here w
hy dand le hymn why s can the h eel d ump
couldn’t go streak g uns hoo ting the bur
ger s ack c lot popper .c hunk a s perm dr
agging cross yr l egg pallid slamwich .huzzah

P lease

bog golly ,oil glans tub soup er shudder in the
crus ted w all pounded glance g lanced h alf
s pitty like yr tuner salad s potty with the
k nobs ‘n s lugs pencils p lease oh chew yr
p nuts an aiming for the window s pot an sp
lit an s pun an sp rawl an s pan an s pire

Laundr y

p unk c lose t h am yr shu dder flocker caul k
gas ket w aft yr t rap across the shad how a
gain like quick like crock like quack like crack like
dawdling laundry coughing p lunging from the hoo ks
you c reep a lin t mac hine w hat c rumbles in yr
armpit like those cornflakes cwackers costumes

Wh ale

s tank the bou lder gum t race threwing
spee k rap he al a way a wash yr t omb
gut s moking caw aw t able l acking me
at sweat er whale you c reamed galosh es
caped the thundered rolling taped inside my d
rool or cor ner he ave ah fold the b lank

C ow

dip th rust creep sprald low pen cil ate yr
c raw heaps stunning s hut foc o tamp ers the
sc ram h eel log icked hopping thr oat re cusp
idoric waft yr cow hole bee ting spoo ns an
depen dent combing could you clocking half a
struggle dam ped ins ide yr voice lint c luster
Gat e

back c ramp dust y inf late the table shin ing
bust d rank a bile yr falter sore yr b link
toon beas tly f arting c rack a bac k s mile
sorta s weaty was h anging inna rain you
meet trot sped a g ate my throwd up blew in
to yr stair way a conned gone thumping half

Fauce ts

b lock pus tool pit use the sock g lancer scol
dead like yr lank quid key moat blood y scree n
s nowed a blocker hum yr bit boo m hu mming in
yr an us was dinking faucet s all ways al waves
bree ding in the blind ed ro ads yr fee t ce ment
be low yr gut s an min dless sc oured an a th roat

D uck

s tock gnat tur rat yr clatt red so up
gust y like the socks you s uck dat t hick
p hone juice d uck sold er mist er chased a
m uck b lend an f ile a innards spotty l uck
yr shiner gas a head ban g uts against the
bug can slime yr f lashlight like a dil do hu h

Gon g

h eat be astly mud der cove red wit yr face
c loud d rained a buck et g land yr soap pool
s lathered why yr gong comb saw w hat tine
it was a scalding was a b ringing apt the
yells a grunt c lot visions of the s tuck ho t
b owl st reaked with s nit an shadow m ice

F rying

but t an b ent an b lew an t est the sca
mmer you b ride in me a hunka throat ham
listed listened gamely wiping half yr p lunder
sawn ‘n frying n aped the win d g rew so
apy where you rinsed her gownly backwords ah
slab crusty where you or gan leaked a mighty hu sh

N ates

top un g ash ah d rift an s mote oh sprad
dle d h all the scam soaked rinser of the stun
mast hoper of the f lame hung mop pustule
dropped an k eyed yr g lowered n ates a rab bit
foc used off the drip pod coughing m eal against
the b lock d arker than yr ancient sm eared

D rip

b rake h am b oat rust led in the ga
rage wee ds a taken scrot am b linking
see ds or corner holes yr oughtless floating me
at gus ted damper do me be neath the sq
uat drip chew yr fun ne l icked the s tool
loo se shooting s cud a t hunk be low the f rot h

D ug

bag him mort him dug him dung col lapses lig
a ture yr s mote sight c hattered s top a
dang le cree ping hits a chapp tered my li
ps c rusty din t o flail ure a s poon dun
k a c rap b one g ragging inna neck b ung
p lod c hopping sc owler fog in sides the ho le

S liver

de ath lea p o waist wat er plyed
tem blor a c rusty sha dhow a cross yr el
bow gun s quat a c hunking s liver p eel yr s
kin hoff burk ah floating in eh s team yr
kidney lug gage wet yr plod head st reams o’
tents b lustered in yr f lag th roat

Clam p

maps be low ah boat guzz led laugh the
gla ss t ending h eel de flaked h alf soc ks
gummy in the t rust c lamp yr squiggly loads
against yr f ace fem ured like a p late
g ash doubled to wel ush er my b read do me
my hop tense my rap plop my cree p to re nding

H apped

denk ‘n damp ‘n duck ‘n drip ‘n doom ‘n die
sel poo ling in the base ment o f loor you c ouch
to mato w happed wit tape – foggy f oggy – s hut
juice ‘n simp ered ,crave the d rag lug .s nore
pie a long the f lure you lap pered ki cking
trunch me n ow .nor operation span dex c langed

Lug gage

aut o ph age an dun cing c hopper you col
lapsed the steamwork tasty wrist .was t
hat yr lEg I gush ered nightly sweet ?fore
lap ,c lop meat ,tun lugg age b leathing sot
lector as h you c lick the me or s hiny
g lass my fin gers one by on e into yr mout

De traction

t ape my ling dex to yr shad ow aqua
tic s tone gut s pending d ust spotting ,fun
nel ectric s punner c loathe my sock you
orsinine re traction of yr dup eht ylf
.sh rug an di p an cr awl against the b lade
yr s haker f lopping on the floor .sneeze

F ried

s tung rinser g loo ,yr p ants g low , flot
sang against the sing let wall ,yr too th anks
mud dled ,mort fried ,clot tered ,sped yr
fork us in the grave l scat tered c lanking
on the f enders ,ape the for m uttered in
yr so up coughed an s pattered on yr l ap

T rash

h ip s leep b omb re turned yr eye d rain
c apped with d rench my soap lust .hock .too
sortified like rum ble ,topping ,crap an c ola
t rashed the b reach :s teddy now ,an c
rumple d rink ,yr c lung s torm muscled wit yr
stammeritis ,stoma che floating in the form ,less sky

Vien to

c ling mor t ,mu tt c rag ,s hunt t ripe ,g ash
t rend you soaker shirt trembled in the win
d like )leech( trunch me now .sap buck
le ,tow el viento buzzes in yr knees a f
lock of ants an guzzlers .yr salad r ift yr
comb lag tundra falling heavy in yr b ackside

Sho t

c hop an c hunk an c hap an c heap an ch
iselling down the gl ass your nasal dr ,poo
ling f lame s nor e ading all the pootnotes
.crusts of ,chase my s hot map pliance s
porting several hairdos .dust an spraddle ,cow
temp tation in yr hot wet s leap a cross the c lot

G rime

s leep s lump s lap s lope s lip s lug
st wrong s hape s crambled out yr leg
p eel lost a gain st the l amp d rink yr
faucet g rime yr p ong t hing e scree king
in no win d a head yr c law c lamor iso
lection in the pantry b right with gl ants

C rash

s lap g ash p our the nacre flood ben t
scow l drying c hop it lad you crus t dib
end ant c rash .b ray foot ,pun t shad ow a
c laim a b leach gun .sor t ease me b urn t ‘n
lost the gull et res plendent wif a corn b low a
p ile a deep ness scram bled libe yr too th

Poo l

gus t t ape flow er c rafter spraw ling
pat yr phone cor n ow shaking dryed the
seal cop cop .tent lus t raging pool a fun
nell yr bleeds pored in .rest a cow s lab
block mutt er pencil gr ease yr sugar
slab m ewing in the hol e n tire thr own

F lump

sha ke c luck dap per verse tometi c hop
c lap in eh deep dir t tied “thirst” c lutter
s pooler w here you dum ped y cur ate the s
tones ah flop ‘n flaut ‘n flump ‘n f luted
t able to its quiver from yr knees the
meter d eat h amble off the gut pat h

G ushing

jui ce too l umber clog me c lout me c
lamp me c astered chase against the gl
ass drilled yr tab le s toned an p antsed
.c lower c himp agh ast you hah sed g
ushing an yr shirt tubely s corned an
lead .dun ce lap clot c lump rolled be eat h uh bed

C hecks

jo bless storm f lag lo bite g linting in the
rocks a g rimestone peri stalsis f latter
c raw s potted g rump you b laring at uh w
all wit h it ching c hecks yr pock et sar
dine b right with s tool .pd it c off an
dubly ,“sobbing” so me f un we c lad

S ock

c lop sto pper ,bub ben der ,d rab shoo ter
mite-heavy in yr s till re membered ,c ave an
top heaving )“heavink”( boo t to yawl glimmer
pest .p lot with tow els you sock d amp litude
,crimp insection ,s porn dabbled rolfed yr sight
.hi g lower in yr rotted f loor g lowing

Trus s

jum p an c rap an dim p an t ore c rag
soppy in yr s horts c lump eat the window
aw f lopping d own th e h all c reep samp
le soupy r ice .b reathe yr tress t in s
hoe aims yr s mut e fixilation c rasped shu
dder as you ply to wipe .tinker tink er

 

 


Copyright 2006 - John Bennett
John Bennett, Ph.D - is the Curator of The Ohio State University Libraries Avant Writing Collection, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library
 
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