Joshua Martin


bLaNkEt Uber Decapitation momentum

          community shoehorn
b/c                  a                     fLaP of FABRICS
               > > > > contextual punchbowl < < < <
   ; ; lessons
       of      flash              BIM   BOM
                                           BORINNNNNNNNNG - - -

                   ‘whose SpIdEr WeB
                        forest entrails
                               are these??’ - - -

bringing crust to a standstill

   ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

                 looseleaf virtuoso 
                 craving guttersnipe

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? etc. etc. etc.

                                     closer to
                                     eYe gunk
             ,,, continuity                         eRRoR   ,,,
    fLeSh           fEAst                               priest
                                                                 ravaging
                                                                 coughing
                                                                 fit
))))ALL CALLOUS HANDS ON DECK((((

                           ¡perplexed dOOm!  ,,  ‘who says tunes
                                                                 rise earlier than
                                                                 throats ? ? ? ? ’



Alphanumeric Collarbone Zoo

Allegorical mange
           & the random pimento
           cast adrift w/o prisons
                    : : small aircraft
                        insulations   /
      imminent politicians
      presiding over handball games /
:
  ‘license to engage w/ hurricanes
              , gloves off ,
                          the finer points in life
                          recommend eggshells’
/ / / / /
      Simplistic wandering expressions.

Cliff accused of footnotes
           ,NoT a DrY eYe iN the LaRd.

                     Lexical filters reignite
                     matchbook curriculums
                                , vocabulary architecture
                                  shrugging web of inquiry.

      FaDe accurate citation ArMy
      indisputable WaSp approaching
      FaStEr than CiTeD pinging.

The sea abides by fashionable contexts
wearing pod-like dunes ironically
                       , low-stakes
                             , games of librarian
           , scholarly bird only left
             to guess.



dried,, eyed,, A House Full of Piranha

s,u,r,g,i,n,g
              misfired           pUnk
     SkuNk                           iN a
                     tRuNk
          ,,,,,                reappraised
knife      doormat
                       : ‘All the juices
                          one can eat w/o
                          throwing a fit’ !  :
       thump
       thump
       thump
       thumping of an igloo rainbow
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; depressive
                     sinkhole ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; under
                                                         cover
                                                         of
                                                         squint - - -
             dried
             bed of
             fried green tomato
                            mannerisms - - -
caught
        , catch
               , arrested piggy
       squiggly as a             word
                                   , demented 
                                             as a fist
                  / ‘least of all
                     ZORRO’   /         listening
aided    by    echo barrel
        mImIc                    rough draft
                  crisis.



an Envy or an Evening Crisis Crisp 

 Walk doctor a current thumb
        TrAdE               minutes
reinvest         cartridge         oNtO
mice stroking cabbage wasps
                : black
                     , ‘turn an arrival
                        into a motion
                        for discrepancy’
     :
‘Why blind a finch when
there are sufficient choices
left to be steam rolled’   ?     /
                              at pulse jet
                                             stream
cabinet of wild thriving
visionary tarts closer
                            to
                 sumptuous than
organ                         spilling
                                         fast
             fOOd
    dayDREAM
:                 , nation of nimrods
                           , ‘please, please,
                                   please,
        whoosh! whoosh!
WHOOSH!’                   :   be
                            stung
              a                          stiLL
pint
      praying kidney
shape               muster
               cinch 
          & raised bAr 
grasshopper            fields.



open heart meat

illustrious
             TRAFFIC          - - -      hAwK   that
                                   a cymbal                    squawks
, , , gOOd
                tImE       , , ,    lAsT            shadowy
handkerchief
                     whiff  ((((( nob????? ))))) - - -
                                                                  parade
, , , , , , , , , , bifurcation    , , , , , s
                                                    taGe               dOOr
       plugged    >>> [august backsliding
                      outlandish as pickle juice <<< ] ,,,,,,,,,, social
iconoclastic                  aCtIoNs            . . . pause
><                      ><                  ><                  ><              ><
                  maximal inflammation       fiddlestick
                                                      cruse of      @box.



Friendly Jungle of Suspected Wreaths

Squelched square dance surveillance
leaping rhetorical targets of paradise
broken stool softener halitosis pander
dandruff tureen lying kleptomaniac plank
fabric steel riddled notebook compass
traumatic
            anti-hermit crab
                           jokester
                                appellate
                                        implicitly
DIVORCED bed CARRIED news TATTOO
      roommate
      flew
      the
      coop
           after reconstructive
                   internship
                   cartography
                   lesson
                   BuStEd
tangible framing windshield wiper 
extremities pause mid soak pang
kNeEs knEEs KNEES kNeeS
fostered sturdy reconfigured burn
         punctuation           skittering
                          smashing
    stuffed                                iguana
           holster           badly
                                    misaligned
bandaged
               Tractor
                       TRAILER
EXTRA!                     eXtRA!
           release the
                           SUNKS!!!!!
             zanier        demolished
price              of
           admission
                          VAIN
collapsing
                childhood
     enablers
                    justice
           sweeps
                           rug
           salesman      aWaY
righteous shrieking inning
still moths doubt cheeks
worried toadstool marmalade
unattached price negotiations
vinegar musk room cloud scope
micro influenza chowder
      hammer
                homebody
                        heaving
                               hamster
accurate BEAR spray SOAP
         eager
         polar
         divorce
         lawyer
                   stately
                   lobotomy
                   jodhpurs
grizzly textbook pin drop teacher
dishonest language stopgap boomerang
third party coughing photos
montage mustard plaster rust
freezer throbbing
                        duty bound
                            saddened
                                    spine
sobered
earlobe
manifesto
truckload
           ALL over CAFETERIA
technical school hobbyhorse
bullfighter deep in a ditch
switched plodding teacher’s pet
Release
          candy
                 coastal
                        squirming
                                swirl
ArMeD!                         SwArMeD!
           formless
     documentary                   night
                        cap
‘whose dancing incognito NoW?
      ‘where are florid threads?’
   ‘In abyss of critical goggle?’
TrEnD
          sPuN
                glistening
                           rOd
celebration fog breakthrough
cherish clubbed football field
lesser laser struggles probability
former bookstore looseleaf pine
pie pie PIE with gooseflesh 
electrical archive treatment
fair use throbbing keyboard
          instructor
                      MANIACAL
     split                            tip
              lip
                           slipping
        greasy
                    magnetic
                                 plaid
            fibers
piercing living dragon palms
cornered libido enigma thumb
whence an ounce Pops pills
disco infernal racketeering
loaned sprinkled profile pic
                         SuDs!
                SUDS!      suds!
                                      &
pick any overpaid waffle
very COMMON dish SCRAMBLED
          ‘whose flesh pickled?’
&                             ‘which way zest?”
       compact
       blister
       aka
       voltage
a stamp.

Joshua Martin is a Philadelphia based writer and filmmaker, who currently works in a library. He is member of C22, an experimental writing collective. He is the author of the books automatic message (Free Lines Press), 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, Don’t Submit!, BlazeVOX, RASPUTIN, Ink Pantry, Nauseated Drive, and experiential-experimental-literature. You can find links to his published work at joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com.

 
 

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