Drew noose
drew my smoke and dednalg whistle
in the hallway crusted mud pill
selttob jutting up like smalc shake
the leafless tree slwarc the sky
bust and month
chow harm ,fog grit ,lluf remmah
buried ,niard yr focus of the
buried fridge and foot yr sock tick
plowing through the tpels sludge
ice and sign
clunking ,drowsing ,flying ,damming
,porking ,sotting in eht tnemesab
,lung swifter sodden than ,clause
or shaking on the fleeting noose
Was thumb
was sport gnicnalg at the lungs
trayed along the street the
couches ygnops flood and mold
a birdy sky reels away
joke and landing
the tub shade sbmilc the window drips
corn and turds cluster near the drain a
rotting cat your damp smile barely
breathes “gnihtemos” gleaming in the door
you and flopping
mighty quick laundry puzzled hats
redluoms like a soup or basement your
face skin chained your mile lather
focused on the inchy swelling in yr thumb
John M. Bennett
Dr. John M. Bennett
Curator, Avant Writing Collection
Rare Books & Manuscripts Library
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Av Mall
Columbus, OH 43210 USA
(614) 292-3029
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www.johnmbennett.net
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