Heath Brougher - Three poems

 1. Pain(ed)ful M(endacious)emories   

         (a response to the murders of George Floyd and Jacob Blake)

 

L(unatic)aw enforcement slices up African ribs for lunch  ,,

      s(ickly)lave o(minous)wners reduce the lives of the o(h no!)wned—  

the lives protesting peacefully to s(lither)mithereens  ,,

 

the invisible power of destructio(fficer I can’t breathe!!)n is destroying lives

like the psychotic machine it is!! 

 

gor(e)geous   &   ab(lunt object to the head)undant  

as a cop, I mean, a cup fulla copper::.

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2. Emo(ticon)otive  

Toe(WARD)s S(WOLLEN)uch TOADS  ,,

.                  ,               *             ;              🡪

or bu(ilt)ullshit 

trip(ping)t lift(ilting)ed off the ground  ..

FlicKKKKKKKKKKK🡪E🡪RRRRRRRRRRRRR

how many cans    ?    how many magnets       ?

[I might climb 

               the grass       🡪

  children climb through thr(alls)ongs of glass];;.

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3. Non

I like

to come

as close

to nonexistence 

as possible

and

tap

it

right

on

the

shoulder.

Heath Brougher - Two poems

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Tapskilia

Casticas icemenue drawnaul frickplisted—
heart wouldensee innung raspid rash dominion
dampensweet the hazels of euphonyrain
as gladness rubs scorches of oucide difference
on the reshins of thought, of bent mentality,
flowering further
than butteredflies;
merciful lhand of bright obliteration,
of perishing the styrofoams wid the lightwinds
capsuling desinigrative clucks to keep
vanisheyed in perished eyes banisheyed
reaming in a blacken beauty brought from beyond
hinhanuther plaize sow fri dizdent indanwarreed
rhresheepes phiermouth trumbonian abreezer–
Hank uv thi mouwnds, shirk froam thi grownd.

Heath Brougher - Two Poems

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1

Scum 

 

Ask scrooge,,

scrack (ash);;—

 

Tampa houses,

temporal hoses;

hrrrrip! (octo;;),,

 

folio scag..,

Cesar (fl0);;>

 

stric (t) sock;;—

stone vipers,,

ska ksa (id),,

ir 8 (I ate)d;

ribcage rubteeth,,

 

wren (WREN) wren;; to Punch

a passenger pigeon;

picka FINCH—

 

sun (a;;’)—

scream vesper;;

 

      ;ßDILLATANTE

 

ROUGHIANà;

 

cream bats

(otco) o’clock,,

 

pull pills;

spitless scrounge sock vitamin S;

(17,000 mi)les downthroat

contagious venomà

Question Screen,,

vile vitals;;

 

stich sick sticks — throat WARD;;

SKIN—;;

stung by poisontooth;

don’t say a darkword;

scrambled scotch;;

of asp after asp after ASP!!

 

 

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2

Pontif-I-cate 

 

[LACK]

notetaking noteworthy

 

territory terrestrial

 

GUMMA

 

bloated tertiary syphilis

GODzillas everywhorl!

 

clock misticks;

--------ance flicks;;—

 

Reptilian wreckage—

,, magnanimous moth.

 

night save day

tonal

timbre

ochre  ;;

 

rubber ORE ;;—

 

OIL BATH……..

ROTISSERIE

car

cuss……….

(egg cet ERA)

(spoiled rotgut windchime children).

Heath Brougher - ROADrag-ian Haiku 1-8

ROADrage-ian Haiku #1

Back spurts tardy tone backwards
racks drag savage YERK
with the chips acute ruck ruck.

ROADrag-ian Haiku #2

Dire dido zag
intestines ebbs sags the gist
wrest PEAL chink wanders

ROADrage-ian Haiku #3

Nebulous fug flam
peccable yawn quaff knee nick
uTTer whiz twist DOSS

ROADrage-ian Haiku #4

Teeth inhale sweet scrap
sideways digits splinter wail
whistle thwack chirp yank.

ROADrage-ian Haiku #5

Trundle moan cheeks
whiff ripples volley awry
shrug ding billow burst

ROADrage-ian Haiku #6

Blown thud surd gewgaw
jaw clap unfeigned nibble peal
skip hinge laps puff Oh



ROADrage-ian Haiku #7

Squeeze curtains jib yawn
bawdy sham void PLOP Non sags
splotch nick ding daub wham

ROADrage-ian Haiku #8

Repulsive flap flap
pound swish swerve neck toll gape
squinch tangles bonk lash.

Heath Brougher - HA!

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hollow ; A lice

Hello ; Alice

He low ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

He’ll owe ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; All ice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alize

Hello ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Halo ; Alice

Hellow ; Alice

Hello ; Alice

Hell-Oh ; Alice

Hello ; A lie

Hollow ; A life.