John M. Bennett - 6 poems + image

1. coatlicuesta

cu t offoff yr he
ad munition for yr
ffocus fflame b
linking on the glass
out there the s
kulless night the
pow dered crowd b
lade red action sc
issored cross the
p age ay c off
off the bled sweat
furls through yr
g utters de lapidation
sh utters double foams
stream up where the
head once was

...light on the hill...off.

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2. fog

on the mumbled neck a
squirt your said was
feasty shorter
calm than gasses inin
testine ,textive lunge
or carotid hissing if
the whispered robe meant
shit or squat he said
.the neck's the hose the
s pray your gristle
lost in weeds the scarf the

match

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3. the

the blood the mind the eye
sore the egg the tool the
leg sandwich crossed the
breast the fowl the foul the
c lick watch the sand the
b ill the b ull the shifting
mu d your book the swamp
scorching ladder with its b
urning lint the lump the lac the last

deter gent foams the ph one

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4. pee

pitch the gumwad at
the door just go ahead
split and lick yr
knob broke off the
newel post oh
Mr. Tennis Shoe yr
fume re turns my
speech before the
corpse committ ee
use yr face fog st
uffed with dollars
for a bathtub mat

grin you freezes

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5. idiot

levántate the it ch
yr sh irt comp acts
across the b ack sc
rawled 'n sc ratched
with s tick with un
dulation of the nightly
sky your listed foam
retains the rash yr
gap tooth sneer it's
tonguehole bottle
full of stench per
fume the drooling gods

suck off exhaust pipe please

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6. broke

squat hose squat hose squat
hose squat hose squat hose
squat hose squat hose squat
hose squat hose squat hose
squat hose NECK nose hulk
nose hulk nose hulk nose
hulk nose hulk nose hulk
nose hulk nose hulk nose
hulk nose hulk nose hulk

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