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Sunday, June 10, 2012

poetry || John M. Bennett


  
olvido

the wwwet hell iiiinnnddddiiicatiionnn
wwhere yr aiiiiir shadddowww r
iidddes the throatwwway pulseddd
wwwiiiith soups wwiiith tonnngue
griiistle an yr nnnneck wwwheel ,sww
wallowwwwiinndd ann crowwddds
.the riiiver shiiiinnngle ,breast annn
fliiiiiiiies ,a coffiiinnn swwwells
.“ouch” ,plunnndder ,meannt  .the rat
sciissors shiiiiinnne onnn screennnn
yr tttonngue eye cut                           off
)“tiiiiime” to(  sleep behiinnndddd
the ddddddddddddumpster .  .   .    .     .      .



olvido

aaimed the aaash laaaadder
night haalf raaaaaan staaaared
the eye’s dreaaamed wheaat
you  )craaaaawled(  paaaast
the breaaaaaathing fridge aaaa
nttts dropping from tthe lighttttttt
fixttture yr foottttprinttttts
ttttttwitttching on the sttt
ained ttttiles yr stttutttttered
air farttt tthroatttt tthe tttttta
bllle swelllllls yr pllunging
fllllood ah yr facialll llllllint
lllaundered ,fellll away ,flllllo
ats beside my llllunch your flllag
my lllopside lllllllingua llllollllls
lloosellly in in aattll



olvido

ssseessss the asssh nesst the
grissssstle forksss why masster
lisssster sshavesss the lipssssss
ttorn tttowel tttthudding tttower
whattt I tttttold tthe shortttter
clotttttt  )gristttle lastt(  benttt
eeveeery eeeentranceee shadeeed
wheeeen my stareeeee my Johnee
eee glazeee eeeyeeee sleeeeept
where the flaaame flaaaagger wept aa
aand aaaired the chaaaained aa
aaaaartichoke aaa waaaaaave
of mmmots mmmmute mmmmm
mmorts swimmmming in yr n
ammme the mmmmisty smmile

sssentttt theee aaammmmunition and

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