Joshua Martin


Popping Quilt,, less severe as a rolling hand

, engorged. Learned
                       ‘hello?’   - - -   pages
                                               scatter
                  IN=difference          /          lithe
     ballpoint GRIN   ,,      coiled                hair ,,,
telephoto exhaust (
                              kitchen SWAMP alarm BEACH
                              hold LUNG sardine COMFORT , , , , ,
                                                                               ). Seduced
minutes , | tremble | , | sunglasses | , | desk clerk | ,
        chatting garlic,
                      hardly sandwich,
                                   especially hammock. ‘Customers
polish tight smiles’ \ [wound SLACKS
                                   gleaming peninsular barefoot]/.
      Notice
, shatter     choking > > > > > blink
                                                BLINK
                                                blink < < < < < ,
              shrunken
        , cigarette     rOt   , ,   harsh fEEblE  , , ,
wary              trimmed              pOsE. Ruined
    nodding                departure.



cOmpOsUrE pUblIshEd free lAncE

aS approach smoke , an aMounT
                            , to OverwhelM ,, sigh
                                     perchance tOne [
        tranquil cashew , , ,   roasted , , ,   PoSteD
] . dIm groping | whoa! | , | swish! | , - - -
                insisted      bIas   ;   (cornice
                                                 , ten o’clock,
                                                  frail
                          wArMtH) ; - - -
. Tradition
             realm   ,   sculpture   rEmorsE  , , lOne
wAnDeR  :  ‘press public allied rarity’  :    vEIlEd
    , aGHASt   , ,   ‘go allowable gRunTeD’  : . Theoretical
epiphany   ;   NoNe   tRuMpEt   ;   | objective
                                                          THRALL | ;
                    potent. Once Spectral
                          skeleton. vaguely,
shrinking                                       weep. iF wasted
                       oPeN    dreary                     bakery
      zephyr . . . . . 
. mUnch   ,   wine   ,,   bowl   ,,,   leafy
             extremity    &          numB’D.



Bandana wither Amnesiac

j,a,r,r,i,n,g                   tentacle
                   WHIFF              ,,,,      scoot
        fairy DUST      trench   )))))gerund(((((
; ditch ; switch ; undernourished rebel ;;;;; > > >

             clowning jerk
             s,e,l,d,o,m   < < < SCOLD
brewing                       millimeter
                   memento             ]scrap[
    , slap                happy                 bowling
                                                           ball
               WART    | dagger in
                                 our eye | , , , , , refreshed
skirt
    shoulder
          tinted casket - - - [iffy] - - -

spiffy     turnaround          TRAILER
       , bulbs         mentioned           sotto voce

                  ; hUsH fAllS oVeR tHe sHiP ;

    * Rally Random Obstinate Turtles *

                      , ‘what finds troubled projections?’

  ,, ‘how’s it lacking so thoroughly outsized?’
     
                            ,,, ‘which growth suffers indigestion?’

> hello charging bending SURFACE shrug < .



Surreptitious neighborhood ACK!

          AvId
     cobra    spankings
/          /          /          /          /
sUnK                         bOIl , , , , ,
           gulp intricate [balm] [crust]
           napalm, / if \ , / then \ ,
curly stampede shucks
    >!< - - -
       sage              (gross)
       weeding        (limpid)   | hurried cavaliers |
       fandango       (subtle)
- - - (((((((((((((((?))))))))))))))) ,

a fist
      thirst          stopgap         memorandum
            collar              stalls                     bare
bucolic         ,                   simper
                          mUsHrOOm  , ,                 regal
         bOnE  . . .
                        ]spring to eNd soaking fumes[
alley                               conundrum                rope
    (((((r)))))((((e)))))(((((a)))))(((((d)))))(((((y)))))
             sNaPpInG                       bunch
                                  [.]



Irregular Populace Armaments

winnowed logo degenerates
\ flag / subtract \ - - -
    ‘ringing commentaries’ ?
/ [ losers,winner,golf] \ - - -

          start torso wing
          spun grounds ribbons
, admiring taffy heretics ,
                    (flesh
                     splash
                              ) ,,,, midst

deference encrusted stump
$ { | phantasms,brochures | } $
- - - boss mange declined - - -

                          fishing line rotation
/ historical return \ , haus
                               brat / [pendulum
padded cellophane ] / wiles
pre=requisite | visionary orb |

          pragmatic tower slurp
          gum shiver liver
          tome [opposing] , suffice
                                        northern
          objective legion / spurt /
          sprint=ing , jurisprudence
          [dis=credit=ed | quest] ,,

organized apprehensive hand
scatological - - - bad manners
- - - hen / hanky \ , soil
primitive fixation ((deeds,
pluralistic,pucker,anal)) ,

- - - / beaten [compensate] \
; furrow
            clubbed fathom
       foothold   /   fodder ;

* - - - (((((banking
                 death
                 cult
                         ))))) - - -

* essential / determine \
          convoluted perchance
radio              meat - - -

              : expensive : balm .



Accurate Entry without Signal

such fresh crystal droplets
reinterpreted before heart archives
         facing educated firing squad
         terrible bottomless forge

)             whistle
               drainage
                       passengers
                            twice peeping ( - - -

   all told hot stuffed whimsy
   straining housing boom trough
                                   bidden priest in attendance
                                   cropping geographic spirals
                                   peevish apple sauce broom
                                   compared glasses gathering [ uber ] ,

,

]

  deciduous yawn                   television
                                               literal
                                                     chart topped
                                                          standards

                      , [ . . .

ignored morality clauses
sitting physique reputational
genuinely inane looping ride       . . . stirred
                                                           chasms
                                                           scrub
                                                           vertigo
                                                           charms . . .

             next way automatic such
        cavernous black/white/sour bathroom plug
                               reflect
                          retread      minutes
                                               roofs        business
                                                               typewriter
                                                               aristocracy
                                                               interceptions

dawned corn cob cap
glamorous endemic photography

                    attention    <!>    <?>    <!>



(Post)war Fate

         trips
spark       plug
                    invoice
    fresh
baked        out=
           stand=
      ing          shirt
cents - - - (
         filth
         math
         phone
         less
         feedback
                  ) - - -
this                  thin
         friendless
    kid      ,          any
sailor
           reef
     wheezing    pay=
ment      /      has
           burp        ,
relax=
      ed   ,    bop
                         barf
                            slip
package                  [
                  dis=
            order=
                     s
                      ], , ,
     scream
               to
     speech
                   auto=
           cratic
   robbery - - -
(
biblical
        totalitarian
                  ) ,
plant=
       ed
           orb
re=
   collect=
            ed
, add        up
                     mines
lessons
        perception
                fragmented
     scar
                        post
, pssssst
                 ,
             slipping
civil                    rust=
                    ing
written
                wither
with=
         out          useable
              flaws - - -
(flogged)     , ,        weep
                wart
       bend         from
                   watch
          first            fluster
struggle

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 most recently of the books Dance of Resistance Brainwaves (C22 Press), SCHISMS (C22 Press Open Editions), laminated tongue in aspic (Alien Buddha Press) and automatic message (Free Lines Press). He has had numerous pieces published in various journals including Otoliths, Synapse, Version (9), Don’t Submit!, BlazeVOX, RASPUTIN, Ink Pantry, Unlikely Stories Mark V, and experiential-experimental-literature. You can find links to his published work at joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com.

 
 

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