poems || John M. Bennett

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dri pping cl ucker sh adow
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c lot d ock  )so ap an
“¡CR EAM!”


 
 
 
 
It’s The
 
the shirt fruit the cash lurk the
stand foam the knife whip the wall
cream the loot suit the stung gate
the wish leg the map wind the
gack stool the wrung lap the scrawl
limb the meat watch the runt pail
the node lamb the wash grunt the
tall thunk the think shit the bell
thing the rat book the glob song



Napping the Net
 
net cluster     nod the soap     let
dunger fly     )half shame(     soot
worn     lapse meal     )thawn shadow(
I felt my     foot     drink     call
the sink     my busted     dog hope
 
should half     link     the hole fire
cheese     )nor lumber(     fake dawn
the time the lice     crust     raving
drank     the mirror     )boats(     my
gut tank     gristle     loot     gun
 
shirter’s luck     mail     the nodding
foam     peel     neck     runny one
whistle     throne     my     slumber
gasoline     )bomb(     sandwich in   
the lake     my dusted bet     ducks
 
the crap     stall meal     swimming
fan     got business     shore cream
plodding     home     hash     lumination
broke glue     bowed test     my
clap issue     never asleep     naps



 
 
 
 
The Face Hustle
 
hustled hill     I gag and     brink god
mumbled ,spoon     room     test     loot
shadow spume     the shoat     cagado
neatly     said grime     dunk storm     the
file     shot     grab     it     knock cloud
 
fine noose     my rest dog     luggage
blam vlam     wrestle     or skull     foto
time     wind shirt     the rained     eyes
knacky sorta     fungus mine     the
mind lint     epsom coughs     real
 
tossed a     head     brick     stain my
elbow     fissure table     sot tooth
rolling in the     seeds seeds     knew
moths     hull vacuum     the pestle
throat     flagger     dong knot     yes
 
torque fool     flossed my     bread
muscled pill     line tacks     or
spaghetti     peed corn     and diced
six holes     one     rotting leaf     mice
kiss your shorts     my stringy     face