poems || John M. Bennett

the  ))chur))ning  ))curve 
the  ))dog))gy  ))renter
the  ))spill))age  ))drill
the  ))roll))ing  ))skull
the  ))cloc))k  ))natter
the  ))ding))er  ))cage
the  ))spott))ed  ))sock
   
 
 tip of turd a sky of light
 spill corner gur gling
ooo like yr sou p
 regurged I played the
 stool for Johnny
 slagwich drooping on
 the table flushed like
 sp           ee            ch

  
:: bubbles and stones :: 
dogs and clocks :: drips 
and lungs :: loot and corn 
:: sweat and thinks :: suit 
and pour :: mind and 
meatloaf :: blunk and
blink :: shoe :: an seed ::
  
 
 pistol quack the shou
 lder bung a neck lick
 Johnny planks the tub
 and snakes a bath  .o
 twisty I could sn ort
 you him’s a gra te 
 ,grinning    at   a   duck
   
 
 blabber an molt a dryer
 melts his tongue that  .pis
 tolina y tus güevos coron
 ados brisk my rusty sho
 vel sneezing in the gar
 age his stunned mice
 twitching   in   my    shoes
 
    
a flake a fog a fact a 
flame a fool a flag a
figure in the fist a fake 
a flat a form a fuck a 
fantod bubbled fin ger 
a flood a fumble a 
fenêtre     fulla     forks
 
 
pause an crisp  .rack he
throne  .wrist protrusion fig 
ured in his urination  .the 
pal infacted ,fútil  .form of 
ven tanal de vortexto vivo 
que te comes el tamal de 
torbe llino a yellow fly  am I
 
 
 
shodden shadow el lamuyo 
lamo me tomas la palab ra 
tuminfecta it’s his lad der 
mitosis slivered en el chile 
carmesí y tu cuánto eres un 
enjambre de pa nes 
grinning    under    his   bed