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Joshua Martin


Model Detailed Model of a Fork

           :            for
             ExAmPle    :       ‘paradox contaminated
                                          personality conflict’  /
[orientation] , [districts] , [biases] , [computational] , [apart]
       fourth
       light                [job / general / ranged]
       bunch                    = = = = =
       service
       stabilized               [electronic hummmmmmmmmm]
/                        /                                       /
                       prospective boundary
             , playing submissive tasks , , SOFT , , discussions
& the TeRrOr
      , a tremor     / / / / / (((((re)))))(((((SOLVE)))))

                          {thwart tip}  , ,  {theoretical migration}  , ,
/ ]
    insurance STAIN multiplication CATEGORIES
                                                                 [ / / / / /
                              survey behaviors \ identity wheel / - - -
statues
diversity           { |steady| , |descriptive| , |wary| ,
internal                    |satisfy| , |prediction| }
sonorous
open-ended

                       topical pesticide strangler
                               built                    hovering
             unintended          recommended
                                              templates   : :   ‘crawl
                                                                        stratagem
                                                                        cruelty’  : :

meditation squirrel harp
              privatized       blowing     chart
baptismal           whimsy
                                          goiter          imperative
      /                                              /                               /

[     ‘evaluated retention fruit
        well-constructed conflict’      ]    - - -
                                                         marriage of first
                                                         to interpretation
- - - TECHNICAL
                      rather
    lathered                  CONCEPT     ; ; ; ; ;

                [ likelihood of definition ]    ; ; ; ; ;

(((((re)))))(((((WIND)))))       . . . . . bow
                                                          arrow
         )¡greeting!(                               sorrow
                )¡famines!(                        stained
                                                          glass
   )¡lackadaisical peels!(                    whistle
           WHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOsh
. . . . .     / / / / /     . . . . .     the bounty STUMP
                                           lobster illustration
                                           rather exhaustive
                                           hemoglobin area . . . . .
/ encapsulated excess \
                           / marginalized oath \

            [avoidance] , [drainage] , [hip HIP hip HIP hip HIP hip]
\ science breach /  
                   \ reach endless circulatory zeal /

      [coronation SPYING verbal ENVY]
, core               insight                     facility            STOPPing.




Ante [second place] , Slower Beyond

                        in=ward
            W          I          N          G          S

[    r,el,e,a,s,e ]                  : : :

                                  suspended
                                  bridge of
                                  NOSE       - - -     grated
curdles
     , pUnCH bOwl  ,
                        a HOST   >>>>

            l’e’g’a’c’y
                  b’r’i’e’f   ,,,  darkened
                                           s/t/o/o/l   ,,, of
dandruff     w’i’r’e’s   < < <                     : : : 

                                    ‘olympic flapper conundrum
                                     floating ski carte blanche skid’  - - -

rOws
of
      rOws   of   rIveR   twerp    , , ,     nOnE
                              bUnCh      ,,,,                 : : ; : ; :

itsy bitsy beige monstrous guitar plank

                   PLUNKED    d=o=w=n         , , , 
                                  melody         ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,   regret
& fully integrated                flippers  / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /   traipse
               fin = = 
          gifted       = = = = =     TuB  /  rAfTeR  /  rental
uNiT           ;           bOdy           ;          function        periodic
              h
              a                     {faithLESS}  , , ,
              n                           (((((grief)))))
              g            striking                     pale
              i                  domination                 matter
              n                                     atomic
              g                         renegade                    disease
                       : ‘bastion of recycling’ :

                                            tOUch
                                stilted                         stifled
easy
       cartridge
                  speedometer
OnBoArD               teeming

                                        dOUblE
                                                  national monstrosity

              > > > > > zIt < < < < <
                                              BliP
                      blip     , , , , ,                   radar
                                                             lung
                                                             commitments
((((gust))))              /           ((((relent))))                      /

                                   down=stairs=s
                          peek-a-boo            eVenT

                               , priZed                    racehorse ,
          topsail episodic
                flashbacks              : :     error
                                                   a’i’r’e’d
                          ; a realm.




nOOn escalates WHIP-LASH of the SenseLESS

S   U   B   V   E   R   S   I   V   E
                             f/o/u/n/d/a/t/i/o/n/s
              s
          o     o
            n      er                        lickED   [damaged]
                         ,,,,, OK
                ]KNoB[          wholly   #s    &   SYMBOLIC
wriggling MaChInEs           (((((i
                                                     t)))))    (((((otherworldly))))) &
                     aspirational
W          H          A          C          K          O
                              dEEp   (((((w))))(((((a)))))(((((i)))))(((((t))))))
/       /    edge
 each             gotten              Mattress     linger    OrDeR    [panhandled]
         Oxen                 freed               from                    sOAkIng
ease                  of            diameter 
                                                   , , , , , Awkward
                MINI-fridge                  [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ / / / / / / / / / /
barn
     YARD              bOttOm      uP       tOp    to    Triplets
] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ]       \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

                    otter oak baby dripping cape
                    steel tunnel semantic whiff
                    laxing cuddly cooling comfort
                    deserter rascal achievement
                    stumped stream caught height
                    proceed eel leak simplification

                                     wAnToN fUmE lIaRs
                                     bud-buddy-bombastic
                                     all while studded trap
                                     militant ooze reasons
                                     hatred musk lovable 

N          O          T          A          T          I          O          N     : : :

                 ‘Awaken yield of yeasty yarns
                  , stories beaming yo-yo coursing
                 safely scrapping pole greased choice SeNt
                 wrongly accused wishful cheetah pAcE
                 race to end all slumbering cheeks & brunt Of BoNeS’ , , , , ,

thumb
      print     longer     revolving     hear
                                             yeT         regard
            lessened     hovel 
]                                                                 shriek          [   / / / / / 

                         rally      realm      childless
                               bY                           choice   ((((h))))
                                                                            ((((o))))
                                                                            ((((w))))
                                           much mosquito
                 peg                          WaLl          carpet
        ball                                             base               steamship
carefree
                          bY     choice
                                             ]  or the Ambiguities [ / / / / /
/ / / / / canned
                   established            whitewashed
                                  COIN                             , stroller ,
       game                                             chump             ,   bIg
whomp
                        whomp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   chip Off
                                                                            the SHOULDER
                                                                                        blade - - - - -
                  street fairs sign warrant
                  public property undertakers
R E M E D Y   /   s,t,e,n,c,h   / /   revolve & ByE.




Tanglefoot Aftermath

Miscellany battle’s rambling 
                                  : SOLD! :
         ‘seceded to join reserve
          surrounded can this bear’ - - -

numerals photographed
early uniform reflective
sharpshooters forage painted (RaIn) , , , ,

                    rubber buttons
                    small-caliber
                    test civilian
                    circle 1st weapon : : : : :

> Keen
        HollyWooD reproduction
                       clothing. Stenciled. Old
                                            married. Idaho, doctor,
   carried favorite bLoCk LeTtErS. surname
auction   - - -   raises backyard   - - -   your pocket
                            enthralled Attic / frame / vests
          entombed
                                    DeNiM. safe houses
                  about textiles. March to SeA. attorney
who sells
                                            at the siege. epic cubicle.
                     glory-ious
, himself                    , got alley         ,  with surgeon
             , sNaP , , , , ,
clandestine wounds [pauses] , , [probably travel] , , [O.K.}
    / glass /    - - -            (((((cUt)))))
                                         tO
                             (((((wRaP)))))  - - -   strategic
          whirlwind                      ‘hard WaRt’   , , , ,   exogenous
, considerable breakdown likewise rank wisdom
                             special
masquerading                     BaYoU
                        forest                                terrain
            unmitigated  - - -  attributed
                                                  , too EaSy ,
                                                        historiography : : : : :

              ‘Skeptics engrossing expounds buried archives’ . . . . .

   kEEp    lOOk
            . weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
                                  Nearly
                      2nd                    digging
                                    , poorer
                statistic                            , , , , , stirring
      Fly due
           Arms!     close!    rescued

                              throughout

                                     talked clawed NiNe MoNthS
                                     conscription affluence RiSkEd
                                     3 years . . . aging . . . cute . . .
              chunks
                   , deadly serving
                              antagonism. Paycheck
                                               swept    ,     ‘would age limits
                                                                    require percent’ ,

     herself in blue   /   monetary lists   /   scOOps   /
                         splash                   make             lottery   /
            rally
            fee
            occupational future
charged                               wIdOw
       crater                                  whereas
   , wormy all popping
                                     silly crucial
                                         sPuR  - - -
             ) unless
                    , vandalized pleasure welts
                                                  yields , ,
cries
     :    ‘mostly bloody
           common ridden
           aftermath grim
           agricultural area’   . . .   gardens
/
                    potato patches
                                     chickens
                    NoMiNaLly                depot
                                           

                              s/t/a/m/p/s 
         , property
          of BaTtLe  ,  damage right smart , , , , ,
commissary battalion   , , , , ,    \ scanty
                                                    forces /

     emergency sunset. heart-broken
                                         bankruptcy. ‘had’   .   ‘lost’   .

             launched [end]  ,   [generation]  , , , , ,

tenant             tImBeR                        Shallow
                                       previous                     frustration
       weather
prized                 factory        glop
              rUm                                entrenched
- - - ) fatigue (

                     quinine available commanding
                            stimulate
                                               numbing
               ReLiEf                            , , , , , flushed
       bark
malaria          : :
                          ‘teetotaler passed low-ranking
                           federal deed ineffective        ’   - - -
  
         pOkEr druggist
                 liquor        curative   ; ; ; ; ;       lengths
Mississippi 
            infused                     rIsK      - - -
                            red wine?                           ditch
                                                     line
                      . Careful
         camp
                  / cramped eve of rainy blockage
. \ blamed braid / .

              DaRe to ChRoNic!          traumatic
                                             yelling          magnolia
                 stimulant                          : war-era
                                                            mishaps :
‘ conquer fixtures. souls. lad. signposts
. touting. waltz with professor? delegation’ - - -

                                     refreshments
                         exaggerated            bodies
                                               & wounds   .   betrayed, an
event flame & rebel & column devoted
              deposit urged request. pickets. NuTriTiOn built for
                                                      inheritance.



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 [Ruptured] >> Schematic << MAZES (Sweat Drenched Press), destructive paradox slips on banana peel (Cajun Mutt Press), and Dance of Resistance Brainwaves (C22 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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