poems || John M. Bennett

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)(“hot meat”)( surf laundered step

my wavered s tone lap sus  ))fla

g cave((  the withered shape ah

rest  !the  .frayed an lock an

dip sheet a n  ,)))peel(((  the

gris tle  ]comb bomb[  yr g rime

blistered or  ]]fork[[  ))))the

steamed be es ,yr h air }heat

my wrist{((((  the fog the sh

oe the ,th undered leg ...  )(slos

hed up in the blender)(  wh

ere yr knife drunk in

...en el viento sanguíneo del aire...

- Netzahualcoyotl

  

olvido

bloootteeed in my sssleeeeeep yooou meee

pooormeeenooormeeeadooo ha ,fu

sssiladooo inooombradooo ooo meee

pussseee la gooorra nooo peeensssada

,eessoo pueeesss I flaggeeed ni

mooodooo ,waiteeed fooor theee

chain whistleee  )¡a cooomeeer!(

pulgasss ,gargánticasss ,mar s

ooondeeeadooo y misss sssueeeñ

ooosss milpaaasss sssooon ,eeen

sssoooñadooosss ni ,ooolivadooosss oool

vidadooosss theee oooval wheee

eeel ooof my eeeveeery eeeateeen

leeeg ,))mi assspiracióóón tumbanteee

“sssooousss la pluieee,

un oooissseeeau deee ceeendreeesss” – J. Benet

  

olvido

shhaapee slobbeerr norr yrr frr

uitteed mind ,bbrreeaatthh of

windows ,inflaattion spaatt

eerreed witthh yrr ttunaa

fishh saalaad  )aacid pourreed

on tthhee bbonees(  my forrmaatt

ion  f a a d e e s  intto

aa morrning’s mistty streeeett f

leeckeed witth ttrraashh aand

inseectts disttaantt bbooming

ttonguee bbleeeeding on my shirrtt

tthhee doubblee caarraa forrks

intto tthhee meedicinee caabb

ineett whheerree yrr shhoee

sleeeeps ,eescupittaado ,inco

mido ,sus llaamaas viaajaanttees

aaguaa son ,saalivaa deel aairree

futilistta

...nor, was ashing, cloacas...  –P. Ulmón