poems || John M. Bennett

Grinder
 
the pestle     sunk     the knife     roof
malt ladder     oh     chain of     leaving
sand and spew     my holt foot     uh
halt?     knot knack     naw     spell
slump a     mile     triste     the
tryst     turned the     sandal
down     the toilet     a gun fog     a
mess of     crickets     frying     on
your plate     )nest of moon(     to
piary     píopío     )nodding(     flat
and slack     stop and sock     (net and
no                                    (



 
 
 
 
Was Nuts
 
blank pool     or luggage     knot
lint     passed tense     sugar     the
fart     light     casserole     next the
toilet     smoldering table     the chair
of hair     the shoe of steak     fissure
collapse     that scar     your birthday
suits and notes     sham whistle     gun
mote     )a word(     toodle away!
)should the soap(     dribble from your
eye     I cashed     the faucet     string


 
 
 
 
Cracked Bottle
 
the     bottle of water     sinks     my
step shirt     laps     ton of     waste
loop     core of cash     the sleet     node
I spell     the faucet     key     shoulder
time whistle     the log gate     wet tooth
the red sneeze     my shot of     sangre
speaking sun     a fog     shorts     stiff and
dried     pelting wind     a corn shone     a
pizzle     spooned     my armpit     dan
cer     dan     ger     dan     k     soda     sp
illing     in     the     basement     light