John M. Bennett

Fla g
 
yr c hump c hucking lake yr doubt baster
fog born labber tress or trenza stoppered with a
sap dip a cube ick toilet rinsed the skull
log  .g rubbed an loomed I bel t you d ocked
ah long an testy  !restex smouldered ,f lab
in habitation pissing on the f lag in testine ,c hopping!



 
 
 
N eats
 
hust le ,c rapper ,be ater ,knocker ,luggage
,often ,troubled ,masted ,shaker ,s colding
,heaves it ,ma tter ,focus ,slaving ,wall ets
,the cobster ,neats ,c raps ,socks ,t readles
,maze the ,sammich foam ,gum ,the rinsing
,hock the hog h arm mist ,the use and less or crawled





T ore
 
s meat m ash ,yr c raw sap tent sh uddered
apt yr copse of d inking shoulder gas p ins
ide the corn er ,f lap n f older ,c rest wor
ker ,the armpit tore an hanging s hot the s
teak an s lept  .puz zled h air .a s lug c
hopping as you b lent the t ask seizure h eat



 
 
 
Ch in
 
bun ch an s hoot an chot an s leap a c
lash sent ence you de railed a soup tan k  .oh
yr face hog ice yr by ,pentup jolting ,the whee
ls the nose  .chin k an s hack an c hunk an
c hoke yr bog slandwich c rusted with an ey
e do om ban ner d ented ,wipe yr s lump





 
Lur k
 
s nag the tur dn ,c haping ,squellic nab yr
hob a spalt ,s naked cancelled  .drunk ,tree ,cob
folder ,yr shirt’s lice rent ,re miss ,re gelt ,re
actor hop yr s colding l urk f lag  )“urine storms”(
.g lobs ,yr phone tic ,bast ea cong rats an nor
th  .shopping clumping clagging crimping cubeing



 
 
 
Do or
 
shadow ,clicker ,denk er foaming shoulder lip
you top m utter ,s aid ,dun k ,slobby shi n you
cr ouched ‘n gazed a s melter gum nor corn
dog s lunk be hind the door .yr night h
ash s pelt yr s lung g usher knelt an tdroubled
l ack of sp read it all .or c rock p ill con lamination





Mas ter
 
rod sobster ,m ate troop mustard sagging off
yr hut cash a stretcher  .fulminary reaps
,yr c one nub ,m aster of the lab ortion
sog sagged ‘n  .plee or s hock no  matter
s crams no ,ice suit ,yr l ug w ear son
ic s lotting cross the tapedup hole  .muddy one



 
 
 
Crus t
 
s pot an s pelt an s pent an s pillt an s poon
s lucker c hopping at the w all lugnuts ,doub led
in yr ,sod den mirror hall ,the age of mageless
I ,you a cru st  .t he n ape d rips an
foggorhea c rates the house bugs an  .t all
regrets an you step back  .busted with a crot





 
C himp
 
p rod an c law oh numb erk n one
,nep re g routed s pag yr s hoot soc k
rooner ,s peed the n oon dumpster lent
me rising ,hotcha ,rostered outta rat de fil
e conmina .the c hirp the c hop the ch
imp puking “through” the roof lap crusty with yr lung


 
 
 
Ha t
 
ch uffing ,n apping ,l eaking ,s hortly
b ashed with foundered one ,the knack s late
rinsing head of its h at of ai r of s hit
paw sed mild ew in a c ave of s even s hots
.“be ast” expect oration ,the nap kin off yr f
ace re am a d ripping you ,a g runt an never s leaps





Bra in
 
)dip ping s lopping b oiling(  ped ophile a c rate
of s tones a h eave n o pen an cilia a
n ant tow er ,pock ets ,lun g shad ow an
bur sting in the b rain yr wet shirt an
h over cross the l awn y  .b read of s tuff
,knocker th roat an – c ramming back the st ream



 
 
 
Spra wler
 
b log an bob ble d ip an dus t t ape an
torbellino soaked with ,speepage ,yr span
dex a head net ,s hit in the casa blan
ca  .ten ción sp rawler h ams an a she
et  !chuck age ,shottage ,c hip per son iffy
the c rock lag ,test me off  .my riled c rot ch p age