O
O P
John M. Bennett
Half
my
number lung rib broke lip rung or
,slather past the window form the )doze
ns singing( f lash rut sails over the s
leeping s ill I s lumber in my chest .w
hat nest wha t b urning h at corner at h
urning b t wha nest ?the scrawling leaves I
counted ,blunder mail ,phone an phoamed .so
I or I dribbled in that little book
page(
air
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crust
Boast
knife
an too th night or loosely changeling a
ge compaction I was far ting in the h all las
t light .a comb of double teeth a flying pants
leg ants jittering through the bookshelfs so I
pressed that chocolate to my breast o clouded n ame
.the sandwich sat upon the tomb and’s st
ubble ,gate sparking in a thunderstorm my p
lunging off the roof an capsulized ,small an
d ro lling drawot eht emarfdeb
sheet
winding
ah
Luck Text
p
lunger ,map .the face half ,nightly .gu
ts or p age ,the soup chayote glistens
in my dream or “dream” ,like luggage .the
laugh the cage the sickened loop I o pen
muddied and muddled but clarify ,light
through to the bottom of the bowl .my woo
den arm’s stung my hand relaxed my
louter mask liked the inner re ,versal se
eing its eye in the spoon
drips
bloom
flyer
Pause
faucet
air ,my clippers rust my ,use the
finger skull ,a note .pocket vacuum an
d .my hair fuel or additionated ay que
me rasco ,rascal ,leaving teeth behind
fulla nope ,or hope ,what’s that .or I
locked your lengua to my pillow ,slept and
roamed right there ,heaved my shorts to
ward the ceiling light .just a picture
frame ,and wind stagnant dropping through
it
wrapper
lint
cloud
Rips
with
muscled in the nasal clip ,collapse and
growth ,a foaming knot glistens in my
tummy’s dark a spinning boat .the co
mic strip ,floating ,tsap ni selcric ,a
singl e g rain of rice in the bow .my face re
moved my ecafkcab skool and see thes my f
ace your fac e .was I you stood up was
putting on the skin the velcro straps
that strrrippping sound the end
bloodless
moon
sight
High
Dust
mighty
mold inside the walls and’s spreads a
cross the floorrr .a gristle chair a seated c
loud .mud the basement undulation and my
singing tooth meal ,hamsters and chips
,soap melting in my underwear .a stairway
rises through the trees a monkey howls up
there a hand ?flutters from the doorway
black against the
sky
hat
faucet
Craw
drink
resistance ,peldaño bright with blood and bro
ken gl ass that fell outside a mirror .cor
rective paste or past my tunnel leavings :eg
gshell ,knifeblade ,keychain .the rice w allow
ed in my coffee cup
the face that fell ,dou
ble doubted ,maze an maize behind the
hill the watered grave the stones forever
dry
ashead
mice
Lunch
.sits
on sandwich .clouds the door .paged
the stonebook and .mist and cheese .the lock
ed ladder .falls .writhing dust .meat and
window .cage the chairs ok ,mumble .ice .caw
fuller ,my ripe tendrils smoke my thunder
blinks what you your burning eggs I saw the
mice return nruter .where the fist’s freezed
the sliced of breads springs back
ham
water
spoil
Pen
cowered
in the hut ,a knife melts ,drizzle gas
olines across the sidewalk where a line of
ants sweeps its path a tree recedes .low
ered past the gate the shining crown the
dung hat the forth eye receives and
gush .time to wash my pants the wall is
drying the lightbulbs dim the flys crumble
in my suit
in
k
The
Hush
blunt
lapping ,I could sell ,facial air dropping
off a leaf my ear slaps ,a single brick a
toilet seeps all night my clodded fist
with draws beside my sleeve ym eveels
turned around my neck a dripping quetzal co
in rides my stinking tongue the laundry on
the steps collects ,my stunned hair my b
oiling sleep my
red
towel
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