John M. Bennett

Sw um

jok y ap ens
ive yr c hum p
lea ps c lott ed
d am pness
wh iffed yr
toot h an g it
o ut ter wi ndo
w c hopp y on
e yr phot on g
lue yr eep g
lap yr jungky
c haird rip c
reas ink in eh
midd le :a pe
an ga p an g
reef an g
rumb ling in
the cordfish



Car bon e

job lab lam p laque
o treel ess gas ping
w here eh chor us
unce tood b reach o
j apes o c logging w
hat mig ht l eft’s a p
low ing of uh dus t d
ust s o not hing s
arts a gain a .g lob
en n one dogbo rne
c hewy one a ma
ybe c lot the bur n
an s leep ben eat h
a s tar



Ja w

s hoot an s hip an s
lump an s hape a cr
ease re side yr head
ah nac re cor nered
in the mu d a w all
nunce s tood bake
red in t he cl ear est
s un

w here the mum ble
d ran ,an los t




Lastate

buz z n or c law n or
him’s a choot er
chrys ter c rav ing
too l to jab w him a
sha ping w hat’s “to
co me”’s a d eat h of
all th e prim ates
;crum ble whis tle
am ble yr wo rds na
daed na ssel pil ni
eh t eno tsren roc





Fo g

j aw na cwis py f oo
t bun dled in eh h
am f lood jee perz
com b blat ulations f
loor yr boo twax
.fee t sug ar dungt
wind ex its yr eyen
as c raw ling in the
bloo dy t rench a st
one a na il a bor n
an bloo dy shi rt a
dent ed sp oon .an
w hip an w ail an w
eft an gr easy w ood

sto p me pho ne bef
ore me c all





B oiler

jum p a c rock a
pin ch lo af flu ent
it y an glu er o fon
dle boo mless tra
pped en sha dy in
,yr ton gue d rape
yr fun gu s aid yr
tu be s tool wa vin
g in the dr ink /
toward lapse to
ward the mum ble
d row ned

yr fis toiler b leans




L eft

d ragging the loo p
h am c ris p d
ragging the see p
sun g d ragging the
c hop hall dun
gcrest d ragging the
s imp c hoice p
resident ah d
ragging the s hit pi t
h ouse a cross the l
awn d ragging the
bum de ath so re
you d ragging the d
rip leg the c rup arm
lift d ragging the
long d bread sho e
the d ragging y ear
of c rasholine




Arach

bos h hal f
,me t the whis
tle in yr cr
awlingro om
,nung nee dles
dra pe the cur
tains all an yr
for ks’re b ent
.wrist dus t be
et air you d
ream ing in a
s ink dum p
.eh d oor l ong
n ailed a f lock
o spi ders clou
ded in a corn
er




Roa d

sop half ,lin t c
rust ,ban k sp
reading cross the
eeels yr wate r th
ins an c rus ts a
jewe l sp anner w
ins an win ds ou
tside the p ass you
d rip .p lan gent
,p launde red ,pil
tdowned la bby in
crust ation s ing
the mutt c lust
ered t rooth a d it
ch of b urning c
ars




Taulk

c lustered he ll
an falf a line a
mint cogger
who’s a he a b
lunder main ,so
fingk er it ,an
rid e a wile ,b
labber to eh wa
ll an n ev er ash
fer morre




Niag

s tept an s talldt
the clam or di
m an sheety
drog the n ape
you n ippt
.seemy see me
s eeme do s
uppin braw ling
nest the loading
doc k a hea p of
sal t o wate r in
the air wallking
!ara broo m a b
rim a shiny ba
con boi ling in
the s leeap




St rip

ho t g lam p all
id p raise yr for
k an f ork sum
sho e yr bull ets
soc k re
grEssion mit me
oNe an c hurt
chu nks yr foo
ts cut the s leep
was d rain ed
was dreye an
distante lig a f
lay




Boo m b oom

bus h c louding
s agt ton gue
mis t one ladas
fried w hat of
fed yr eeggss
.such heav y dr
ink suc h oopla
c lotting in yr
coll ar c hange
eh arc o things
o arc leptic ran
ge or st alling
as eh nig ht re
cedes