D I T C H C L O T H
Drank "nun" sole mud then sank//sleeves or hose
rustled I breathed ?("I") clank in wheelwell like
sky flooded puzzled dimly where my blood will pool
spill it never spills ?drool pearling on my sleeve cool
cloth touched wrist's pulse soft eye I dimmed .or
you like high cloud doubled in yr other eye's trouble
was ("is") condensation eyeduct cloven buzzes
sole mud you were a hole never slam doorknob at
back sever chord streaming at window not bored at
least .break pane pan vidrioso with steak your
//hand raised bloody mudra rough gland mitochondria
roils yr tongue kinda hypochrondria but//truth acne//
blooms forward sputs ,candied motoroil pocket black
yr glanding blows paper ,wrappers across the snow
motoroil pocket .gear trace nor floater "stance" heaving
breath out yr pants slagged dick it was "gristle
bag" less blood than thought ridden crest clock
hill ("piece") crowned with socks goat rotting
brightly on the slope//reach "for" me chew the
beach spray drifts between us all day frozen water
surges toward our clothes no it it knows it's ?no
crest clock dances yr shoe best meat crust
"agonized" was your feet ?booth stood in your
stutter-tooth reached a mother cloak of speech
mastered thinly and//reversed//scrolled faster blink
contamination lick hair out sink drain mooned air
("flat") isoconnection both sides of hat trolled
behind the boat wake boiled glue itchy armpit "what you knew"
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John M. Bennett
