Joshua Martin


Theoretical circle of cattle related examples

Grim stroke octopus fortune lost
squared along tear duct leper reefs
corralled syndrome confines crowd
spacing formulated wasps as livestock

                                SHUT IN
                        Idaho       ,       enclosed particle
                  lounging tripping fence of cerebral
                                                          sentence
                      :
             :            BaRreL syntax
, slain - - - - - BOTH
                      sides of
                      Atlantic turbine
               , windmill barbershop
                 epidemic spine tingling
       /
    wanton
         , a hundred slain before altar
                  , enemy of Violence ,
       endeavoring whale bone calories - - - - -
                                                  DIALECT
                                        [shiver], Anglican game
                            , angelic ToWn HaLl

hollowed out ponderosa bridge train
collected emotional digital disorders
synonymous hasty construction site
published as a coup to abandon wings.



editorial rain detector

superficial piece of ranking
among spastic spanking toys
musically naked & ringing
trading onlookers for pelvis relief
          ,
            laugh A
      laugh         that EnDs a
swirl                           ,
                    selections of a LeAn   
               meant
                         a
T                    e                       N           t
       designated as a ToE
                                  , nailed
                   / orchestral          sterling
                                                     silver
goat hide &
                  seek     ,     ballad of
            a pot BeLLy
skimmed from
                           UFO banjo
                           box SPRING
                , sprig of caricature ,
balance BeAm glee club
                                     alumni
                      catching venerated
              horse shoe complexion.



imaginary staff of tarmac

orange crushed combover
                preamble
           , stroking stations of the
                              FlOsS
                     enclosed [!?!] - - -
dripping kangaroo
             ooh
       ,   ooh   ,   ooh
& wide PaNtS skim
milk of magnetic
                     ApPeAl (
, Studies IN the WaY
       of MeAnS of
packages shipped
                     SOB
), circulated TaNk
                           livens
                moody
provisions
          / , \
cold compress asks
                    for another
Umpire
             steals
      facelift dummy
, scatters
                  AsHeS
           , fingerprints
selfhood
                     , backs off.



Studious partner in wit

Asking a pet
the phonograph systemizes
card catalogue mouthpiece
             , hankering for the
               shifting mannequin
               LOOT. Dust
settles
       over icy tollbooth
, operated w/o photographic
                    evidence of RooT
                                        BeeR
              (turned a rock blank).
Scarf of
ivory WaRt! Dinosaur
       rash a frenzy of
       brash freshness
                   , quark 
                         , spork
          , forking fedora curtain rod
, then
      lost like a RuBy formulation
      exhaustion beyond bars
      placed b/t GOOD LUCK
                       & YOU’RE ON
                       YOUR OWN.



acute hereafter procured as rejection

, they said. & behold the drinking
                                          TaPpIng haste ::
                                              altogether     ,
                       smitten         ,              LOUD
                           voice utters elder dismissive abode
. At banquet
         , night LIGHT shouts
           over open valley :::

“Once upon a neck by freely espousing nature
, then expedient science as distinct as stench &
rhyming as a rule of thumb lacking capacity
to moon face a dog tired appendage.”
                          ---
                   [some other arrangement 
                     made to master a sneezing
                     fit  /  all inferiors applaud /
                     next sludge of household law]
---
Managed long, large, uncharacteristic
merit tho poor tho wedged beneath
derivatives practice NOT elected NOR ignited
          : whatever aristocratic scum
             perverts magistrate :
                               : when so ever entrusting the GaTeS
                                 to collapse a pyramid ScAle :
w/o root to section off
THOUSANDS wounded   ,   gestured outward
                           barbarians   ,   dawn mystifies
                   unhoused regional entities   ,   grace of
defensive stratagem   ,   suspected ghoul   ,   caged
adolescent game of BiNgO
                     (!)
           (!         ,         !)
   Be
ship   gone MoNsTeR crawl
filled present eastern mercenary
one-eyed neighboring wood hut 
attack fears plundered taint
a SaCk of ALL robin egg chariots
& FOUR toeS of volcanic bliss
                     a LESS,
               an ordered elegant weaponized
               as prolific swarm concedes Baggage
                                       , unsuspiciousness
                                         locks royal barter
                   PoLe upon Luxurious DiSpLaY
                   among exiting tempest
                                    ::
                             LacK a ReJoiCe ::
                     hoisted rotten stragglers
                     courteous to a fault
                                      , an effigy ,
                                chambers scented, passing road
              & powerless.
To
     protest aspects
          riding glazed citadel
                       , mud LIKE through STREETS paced
                         war-whoops /   squadrons   /   withdrawn
, unapproachable fist ,
concaved shape vigorous as slaughter
where an opponent becomes most level.

             Accustomed fights
saying headlong tho INSTANT
                                   ::

                   “All sizes BaSk FroNt to
                     SIDE & wind up cautious.”

Mischief holds
nocturnal orgies                  ,     introduce
                                                  accidental
                                                  invitation.



running after planes

justified tongue
pokes for radiator
nose               wing
         buys drifting
     post office       thematic
imaginary truth

                material
          written       first
             chaos          jump

little marbles
spread fog
                 floor          cool
                       coloration cubic
                       feet of hair



pursuit emerges trajectories

to register
             oft-separated
                        confrontations

directed situational texts
opposing conditions
                             transformations
                             working from
                             explosives

seek to relief

a chasm popping

            unevenness official
            receiving dispersed
            example               exploited

chapters broad
swaths
        concentric
        circular
                 geographies

          never
          the
          less
                    print organs
                    register radical
                    mathematical anxieties.

Joshua Martin is a Philadelphia based writer and filmmaker, who currently works in a library. He is the author of the books combustible panoramic twists (Trainwreck Press), Pointillistic Venetian Blinds (Alien Buddha Press) and Vagabond fragments of a hole (Schism Neuronics). He has had numerous pieces published in various journals including Otoliths, M58, The Sparrow’s Trombone, Coven, Scud, Ygdrasil, RASPUTIN, Ink Pantry, and Synchronized Chaos. You can find links to his published work at joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com.

 
 

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