poems || John M. Bennett

Neblina Blanca
 
yepit     was     not yack     tree heel
shutter nap     the     sink dream     ah
mister!     knack     and float     yen
rice     toalla     mi mistral     tuerca
costanada     sentido de     loomer wasp
the trice throated     “thrice”     glob
sat     plunger     sopa de     ))fideos((
)shirtless(     tanta caca     mástil
nor tempted     shat a hill     nos
tril     nape     )nate(     cluster and
niggardly spread     )tome flood(
white tomb     mobbed     warm     )ob
sidiana(     yauhtli itztli     )dang
fog(    (      (        (             (                 (



   
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rite of gas     a     “lake”    user
neck     the door     flake tool
shit in shoe     flower     path     see
ms     )crusty(     like vest     a
snore fuel     a     mice time     the
raw     lung     nates and gruel
spell the     pill     the     napkin
slaps the     spillage     the     well
rule and     late sung     CAW
the dime ice     a     dual shore     a
nest hike     )dusty(     crea
ms     wrath tower     glue in     pit
fool     gate     nor the     “check”
loser     crate of     ash of     bite



 
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the stable     stabbed     corn
phone     swirling     luck cow
my heat hat     my     neck lung
lawn balls     into the “creek”
leaf     wool     not     risible
sluffing the comb     stall     staple
slab and     storm     my tone     tur
ning     duck ,now     why eat that
dry stack     hung     dawn’s walls
lint     cheek     )thief(     stool clot
in     visible     stuffing     the     form
 . .  .    .    crawl          .  .   .    .     .