John M. Bennett

Scuttled Luggage

luggage nest     the soap     lunch or     lur
ch     grass meal     ah hot halfer     )cho
ke(     r     maet the mast     )l
oom(     away     entrance     d     chert     c
lack     ity     crac     ity     mine     dog     hip

loot loot     walks away     the mud mas
ter     smoke     swirls on     the     sstteppss
my hung     )lagke(     smells the shitt     st
link     log cash     )a float(((     chews an
d     eyes     my     heel     rinsed     air

droo     led     a     cross     the room     th
e     )moo     n     uts(     ...b     lank     a     way
c     rash     spit     s     inna mouth     bea
k foam     lower     ]mon     th[     e     bean
snore     pudd     les     of gl     ass     comb

teatless     air dream     muzz     le     d
otty     bloat     ed     thigh list     my
f     lag     aw     ay     numbly     greased
me     slali     vrate     c     lung     the     em
pty     w     all     ladder clasp     scuttl     es


Bucket Dog

the dog ear gate     whoops     page
lumen     torque     the sand     cage
shadow in     your suit     nin     puzzle
)the log bomb(     past bark     shot
drizzle     in the fire     a sleep team

sapon     chert lens     case of foam     ah
neck bog     )drink dri(     nk     bas
h felt     the shat hat     leaks a
storm     in crown     ed     boat     wa
llow field     lizard     locks the table

the run     loop the     pelt fog     job
washer     fan     scald     tube     of
mist and corn     the tub’s arf     ren
t     )hand(     s     cash slumber     the
spine     drifts     toward subli     mation

should crawl should     read the     t
ip     nothing     of gold     diarrhea     p
eel     the     cleft shirt the     dome
buckled the     last tent     burned     my
lapsing     grunted in the     soup bucket


Poctli

my toothy humo sped your n
ames was bladder than a
phone single ,course pretending
fogsuit sugar  .wet was I and
burning in the lakefire those eggs
and mouths of gnats  )my ghost(
tantamount  .or funneled folding
in my armpit like that sticky
toast ,burrito leaking paragraphs
was fought with flatulencia mi
s tunas stuffed inside my shorts
)de manera que me(  abrí la
boca y  )lo(  librabaa

 
 
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