John M. Bennett
Bennett
John M. Bennett
damp scabs
cara de costras mohosas mojado
el mentón indicharacho , índice del
aire enrevesado . mi pluma pestífera
foams cross bed or bled bred my
drizzled tooth be fistic mirror my
soup . encuévame , entic ,
formistático , stops . cara de
cumbres mansas , monstruos
del dormir en doubt y camisable .
el sordo , pues , que lo oye todo
mas nada es , destructurado del
viento muerto qui pleur sans nudos

; caw my face shoe's heavy ,
slaw slips off scalp , , , , , , ,
John M. Bennett
Bennett
John M. Bennett
house slides into sea
plains , dust , end of where I've
been again never was    speak
wet tongue    is mine    dry
splashing wind     inside my face
towels drowned     salt fog     fire
basement slides into air          ,,,,,
.......              window wheel
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Bennett
John M. Bennett
my phthysic tongue combines & floats
fork blooms     yr negck pool     grist
les in mist     the sunken boat     my
itching chin     says wall     a ladder
drinks     voces     almohadas     mor
adas del nil     del lipbro denoético
, , nostril                          & flute
John M. Bennett
Bennett
John M. Bennett
omits
min d hive     nickels on fore
head     axle mask you future
soup wheel     spiral stone oil
ersatz anchor     stand     you
no n     unrolling   ,    veins    ,
dirt   ,    desk snake    ,    deathdoubt
thirst sale         of ham fog facts
voice        tanker         surge



Hypercondensation of Jim Leftwich's
“Zenobia in Pocosin”, February 2022
John M. Bennett
Bennett
John M. Bennett
glues
“Garúa, córnea.” - Julia Wong Koomt

sticky black fog thickens skull
down my neck     stuck lake
comprehenpressure     sky an eye
door stuck weight     clogck
inname      corresp       pond
drains off         ⬬     aftersleep