J. D. Nelson


a blared gestalt

I gargle
w pennies

been
done
               wrong

not now
(a face)

this is my nook, Ruth!




my fingers smell like metal

a pocket of wolf—
that old saying

speaking backwards
meelnorp slava wooob

every word is dirt
every word                      dirty

intercorrugated
and rectangularish




this is a bounce from space

myriad fangs useless
weapon two

of me in the center
a new impossibility

it’s the warton
of the colonel

in half




ever earthward

silver becomes the channel of the snake

                              sssssssssssss
                              sssssssssssss
                              sssssssssssss

menthol one pesky
moon with fork
spaghetti knievel




watching myself on a screen

orion not
to-night

note to self:
               rock in potato fur

to memorize the sea



J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) experiments with words and sound in his subterranean laboratory. More than 1,000 of his bizarre poems and experimental texts have appeared in many small press and underground publications. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Cinderella City (The Red Ceilings Press, 2012), Piso Mojado (Argotist Ebooks, 2012), and When the Sea Dies (NAP, 2011). Visit MadVerse.com for more information and links to his published work. His audio experiments (recorded under the name Owl Brain Atlas) are online at OWLNoise.com. Nelson lives in Colorado, USA.
 
 
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