Heath Brougher

Mess

      STOP
A(xiom)sking 
quixotic questions;;
the (f)led away from house;;
idle do nothing =
nothing is something;
fa ’’ len down;;
aqua elix(XXX)er = agua;
bespoka becomeness→
floorstairs flood
chlorine carPETS→
; (p)lush pimple &
;; (b)lack dimples ;;
     SPILL[e]T;;.



Led (A)long

Big black flapt wings      and encounter (o)odd creatures
   these emerging tan/gents                    - - ELECTRICITY - -
                near by wet gro(o)ves                                 all-though Conscious
‘mong the unnamed nation
                                                                attention freefall ! !
                                                                attention free(for)all ! !
                                                                                faceflat ! !—
unnamed nations                                                                                long wooden bench
                growing hedges (menaced by MOI)
Foolsapril Lewis practiced      —                with them without
                if I can punch through diamonds then maybe…
previous chapter tells of my Oslo guns                      puffin     plush
bells worn as hats                      eroded                                ex(ample) myth 
                specimen Retracted and called forth
                                                with a badtooth—
               mine Remine———chopper offer———mine—Remine

hid by pitch       shadow groo(ooooo)ver Lan(d)caster 
missing feature———big FENCE———toes of mosquitoes 

combed zombies — ALMOST th(ink)e cat’s tail in ript off in meatgrinder 
by bullies of competitive cows A-fl(o)at — Rasta line — 

                transmission in of the brain — everthescarce life lives and dies simultaneously
W 2, W 5, W 8, W 9, W 10, W 47, L 55, W 107, W 225, W 228,  W 241, L 250, W SV, W 299, L 99, W 297;;.



Illum-I-Nation 

Flash and Walt Dizzy…
cobra mamba
aspeaking the scents
tworn…twisted…turpentine…taint…
audible assiduous
                so LISTEN UPUPUP !!!!!
with ripest of eardrums!!→ 
                hear! (h)ear!
get cha news
brought to you by
perception of windswept whatever!!!!!



Ript

Shoes rupture,
spilling feet
across(ST) the ground→
holey ground→
howling gro(U)un(N)ded(D)→ 
g-r-o-w-n-d
down
to
less(zz)
than
meekest
of
(2) sounds;;—
zealous s(z)alad,, 
thumbprint memory(s)
     WHIPPT!!
a-Way 
wagging a head,
deeply steeped in disappointment;;.



EX-act 

InVite
IN-[vit[[I-]]-iate]]VI-TA-TION
to EXILE→
the axe aisle;;
form-YOU-laic 
          terp…
     isopic…
                 ]THUD[
edge of the Thule→
  sneakerhead normalcy,,
vituperate viperbite;;
     ALLABOARD!!!
the (t)rain to Ovid’s empty island;;
rituals (clue)less
     [madeup]→   ;;

Heath Brougher is the co-poetry editor of Into the Void Magazine, winner of the 2017 and 2018 Saboteur Award for Best Magazine. He is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Award Nominee. He published two chapbooks in 2017 and two full lengths in 2018. His most recent book is The Ethnophere's Duality (Cyberwit.Net 2018) and he has two three full length collections forthcoming in 2019.
 
 
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