John M. Bennett

Utter
 
,bug dent ,p lap mu te ,poked wit dicks
,f end yr face fawn ,chowder lap ,b lock
s cum d renched sandwich lawn yr f lock
g ash rinsed ,b utter caw ,stuns of
mud towel saddled with your ,pen
demic scatters off yr shirt fire


 
 
 
Why an
 
sunk an sap an seep an suit an sot an
said or slipped or shot or sunk or slapped or
sung o sate o sock o suds o slunk o
slab uh slit uh slake uh soot uh shed uh
seem it slug it sapped it shape it shrug it
said why sag why sump why should why shade why


 
 
 
Samich
 
shape of shoot of sink of sack of six of
ash of argh of ant of ask of ass of
molt of meat of mad of mud of miles of
it of id of ilk of isle of ick of
clot of cute of corpse of crock of crumb of
hole of hint of heel of hack of hiss of





Maya
 
shaved the handle heaver braved the
gland steaming in the heat house caved the
lake hand the face lamp seething louse
you shake yr dampened teeth yr caw
slave dancing corn cream drained the
scabbed liver sprayed the form “it seemed”


 
 
 
 
Will
 
after knotting after rimming after clothing after creeping
after hefting after bawling after seeming after crawling
after louding after toweling after halfing after dripping
plopping after crashing after locking after asking after
failing after chopping after hunching after cheaping after
keeling after needing after wiping after hauling after





 
Back
 
plod gassy toward the shimmer hulk thumbless
toward the socktree bore gutless toward the
fencing drag suitcase toward the bonfire
paw wristless toward the mirror mate footless
toward the staircase fall meatless toward the
slapping hang photos toward the sunrise


 
 
 
Path
 
pop a fork an wrassle hitch a fork an cuddle
brag a fork an lumber short a fork an whelping
nod a fork an bleeder salve a fork an thinker
spread a fork an flush not a fork an sawdust
rat a fork an portent shop a fork an test tube
shoot a fork an voting melt a fork an thumbing