John M. Bennett

Short

choose the soap coll
apse the trendy dum
b inection ,fake me
out oh ,fame drool
,stommed throater in
yr hump cap .trace
glower or ,a nester
hip a , ten to fund ,a
shoot em coff .fleas
an suds yr sot nap
keeler ,said no said
temple he aving in
the dusty rain



Flanker

shame the jackoleen corner
of yr jumping-shack oh lop
the clamber off !what hung
an drip-porcine ,cape an bled
!pestle shunned ,nor ,played
the trickle in yr shoe oh
fantod lightning in the gate
!root ,nor pail ,nor lobbing
through ,ouch an loft ,trace
congeal your floater throat
:whupper cat ,name ‘n ast
erisk ,flamer crotch your
blank ned tooth punct ilicious
nor I craped yr cape what
who .funnels dreaming in
the stream cor n plung




Jewel

not ,gnat ,node ,na
ked the foat sum
mer cooler than , a
himmer slope a
,nod a ,nab a ,not
a ,nuts a climber
sotter pants you
named numbed
my falling off the
“stoo l” was kinda
slimy li ke .trance
of bringing all nat
soldier buoys
ahead the slivered
fe mur )a copse of
wringing(



Fawn

bundle napper true to
shorter sump what ,ca
se of trembled ink col
lapse .roar the face
claw ,tame me ,nut a
napkin solder drip ping
in yr crease yr sugar
note “my” hap pen
dance .even slow ,eve
n b laze a dry ness
paw .shape of change an
gutters




Foam

bomb snappy heat yr
leg gear not )bushy( f
unnel in the backside
,nor a rope hump fl ag
the g ate wrest le
giving she the all
clomping down the
)haze fingers in( yr ash
tooth rustles .ulp
.daze an choff the
,custard in yr sagging
arm a ,whi stle
,buzzing thumbnail in
the basholine huh




Show

jack nappy vent the
crump crust ah what
stamp you ,beesy comb
,whopper where you sat
an ,crispy gun an noon
dice the long flag fails
.heap she et an nuggets
in the nest your graspy
sto p slap an hummy me
oh corn an nug guts in
the flies !)drat glance
an ,left the gristle on




Lap

dodge em strake em blam
e em jerky in a suit an
cuspidor a phone shines
on the bathroom floor an
,wiggles ,gri mly
,muckless ,stormy like ,yr
douchleg grins
.understare the whacky
groan diner where yr
strong sleeve flickers lift it
toward “the” face an shot
.the crumbs gather on yr




Sliced

the run ham the dod
ge loaf the inst ant
legless one gru mbled
in a boot h where coff
ee crow ned yr belt
that trichinosoid
gagging in yr gut run
.shab by sham bled
solenoidic scummy
“one” a neck ,floating
on a lake ,we edless
,nacrene ,tre mbled in
the bread




Shut it

the puz zled su it fo
am the pot – s ped
chor tle – gag nit o
ff umer what a age
yr humo ?r an insi
de an g rasped .no
sog gy one ,fumex
shud dhar ma tar el
presciente una ca ca
se of triple jerks or
comitatus the dung
blazer b urns the
,Hoo Hoo




Hunh

dun g dum b bee tle k
nack o ,fend the off c
ling o n amer one o r
many nuts lung the
window cr acks acks
the sound p hone s
tings yr neck .the b
right grease you se w
ed the ,femur cr wrin
kled in the b ashed h
am sock or could you
crawled you tempted to
be masticate the rock




Eyen

junky wall ow was it
even ever cornly stab
bed was hush lum ber
,beated ,borned
,baddered an a hinch
goofy in yr sucked
shirt the drift of but ts
against the fence yr g
ashy p lace yr ,nod at
me an clown the
crown gleaming in the
all ey eee




Face

just heater ,form er
,crow ded hamster of
yr throat ah this tle
grommet in yr wrist
!the dumb hand
snake ,the har har d
knobber lackage
drained in side yr
back ah my it was
crawl mine the brake
screams beneath the
ink the fine meat rain
the touching air
above yr




Snore

such a flam buoy
ant chomping at the
slit crisp chamber of
yr toilet hand gasp
rental blew it tasted
all the glue
something hum
ming suiter at the
shape blister bend
an cough ,nestle
mile ,flag the tender
str oke inside yr
sleep