DISTIQUES
D‘APRÈS LE GASPARD DE LA NUIT
DE ALOYSIUS BERTRAND, 1845

par John M. Bennett



Oeil et fétu, poule noir
j‘égorge une puce


Toits de mandoline
la fenêtre rouge

L‘ombre encendié
le trébuchet la tulipe

Lampion décharné
boite de l‘âne

Nul bruit nul poisson
corridor de l‘épine

Ventre de lazzi d‘éponge
la hache la ceinture

La viole cassée la bouche
salamandre de mon écritoire

L‘encre de Lulle livre de perruque
la mouche grillée de mon oeil

Vacarme des jambes
heure des bottes qui fument

Morfondu le rat de fer
araignée de l‘encendre des cochons

La fenêtre m‘etrangle mon ventre
un poisson de lumière

Hanche de violettes crépuscules
des barbes du pauvre derrière

L‘hautbois encorné le jambon
comment maligne? la baguette

La foule s‘achemine a le pain
l‘église qui brûle dans la place d‘honneur

Les doigts d‘une maille ne tintait plus
la derrière des rats débaptisés

La terre les vitraux ma chambre morte
genou qui plonge a la blessure

Haleine du lac ma tarantule
jaune mon oreille de nuit pleuré

Eléphant de peau soleil de
muraille qui vague, ma cave

L‘ombre de papillon la larve
des clochers vagabondes

La larve de ma crinière
douces ladres de la langue

J‘ai dormi dans les flammes des
livres mués le clocher de ta voix

Le toit le forêt la cellule
la verve brisée la cendre des bras

L‘écume de ta fenêtre la
fluide d‘Ondine la robe qui nage

Salamandre morte, sourde comme
ta chanson jetée comme le fer

La chatte phosphorique les rocs
innombrables l‘écume en butte

Schup! Schup! Le gibet
sur l‘herbe la vigne laronne

Le bourgois gelé le givre des
dents les yeux de la langue

Tue! Tue! La clef de dormir
la porte schismatique la chair

Os des ténèbres un coq du
ventre des trois doigts trouvés

Les mains lourdes la source
lente j‘ai oublié la fin

Écho des pages tête de cloche
cheveux des cavernes disparus

Canicule, nuque de l‘autre
qui flotte sur le granit

Alguazil du cou la bouche et
cacher la tête dans le lac

Coffre d‘oreilles chair d‘oreilles
pluie d‘oreilles oreilles d‘oreilles

La bague la mouche les chocs
le brouhaha du silence

Polenta a l‘oeil miroir
éphémère du visage

Brumes des chroniques
coq enflammé, écho des oeufs

Cendres et colombes yeux
des mortes et du chaos radieux

Le fou écrit une fenêtre
frappe son livre sur le lac

La main, la barque plus vomie
le perfume de la plume de cimetière

Le lit de la biche etoilée
haleine de la fenêtre mourante

Vapeurs de lendemain, être
qui ne songe plus de ce voyage

Les lèvres fermés l‘air
paralytique le cheval étranglé

Fossés pleins de bruit l‘écho
de la main les loups du coeur oublié

L‘eau en branle la carcasse
d‘un oeil un chien flotant

Le livre tombé le poète symbolique
le corps diaphane du journaliste






John M. Bennett
28 de juin de 2011

grunt and grease reaction
twiddled in the forgk top
pistol plunging toward the
rocks that crowd of he at
linguisa tidy neck filled
with salt::::::::::::::::::
flack muzzle spatsssss out





churn the churl liq
uid tonnage gushing
through the woods a
drilling rigk a nook
of flags the speckled
s moke breathes
into those
breastless monkeys






skin dagger plunger the
looted loop you clutch
for years the basement
chair slowly reeking was
a toilet clock my wall ow
in the blood-filled
pi lll ow






the scum puzzle circ
les off the pond your
bed became a lunch
meat trigo nometry
connected to the boat
of stagnant cream
you warsh yr fingered
f ac e





dusts o cake lasted y
ears but formed ∞∞ pud
ding aerosol and the f
oggy clump rinsed ring
worm tooth whirls aro
und my head it’s wh at
your fundus charmed






logavore and coughing
up the gnats or footflies
paws my sleep or yelpi
ng off “elp” like st
rangled stones and key
impaction of yr rugn uts
● ● ● shorn of curtain ● ●




mar mar mar mar
mar mar mar mar
mar mar mar mar
mar mar mar mar
mar m barro r mar
mar mar mar mar
mar mar mar mar
mar mar mar mar
mar mar mar mar
a





boca boca boca boca
boca boca boca boca
boca boca boca boca
boca bo moco ca boca
boca boca boca boca
boca boca boca boca
boca boca boca boca
c





era era era era era
era era era era era
era era era era era
era era fin era era
era era era era era
era era era era era
era era era era era
i





fango fango fango fango
fango fango fango fango
fango fango fango fango
fango fa diente go fango
fango fango fango fango
fango fango fango fango
fango fango fango fango
n

door door door door door
door door door door door
door door door door door
door door soon door door
door door door door door
door door door door door
door door door door door





lung lung lung lung lung
lung lung lung lung lung
lung lung lung lung lung
lung lung clay lung lung
lung lung lung lung lung
lung lung lung lung lung
lung lung lung lung lung





no no no no no no
no no no no no no
no no no no no no
no no n os o no no
no no no no no no
no no no no no no
no no no no no no






yet yet yet yet yet
yet yet yet yet yet
yet yet yet yet yet
yet yet sot yet yet
yet yet yet yet yet
yet yet yet yet yet
yet yet yet yet yet




fig song and crusted expla
nation of the sinking culo
culo lapidario y dunged with
hope and cluck a whi stled
of the meats contraptioned
in a dripless snake it’s w
hat my gunstone lathers





nubile nutcakes slabbered at
reception of the plunging c
lock clippers spread and l
isted like a froggy tongue
that sloping wall and count
your eyes a hairdo flopping
on the garden gate your face




jumpy shadow in your lock
er coffee inambition of the
smoke my earlobe with
your vacuum thought it’s
shaper neck was fuzzed
with mildew paused and
contemplated what you kn
a c k





bomber cauldron nape or
suitcase growling next the
furnace where my shiplace
cara lago riñoso floods the
crackers jerking in the sofa
way o grimly logfaced gr in
inside the mask or explan
at i on




flung my soap beside
your faucet coffee ci
cada uno de tus bichos
hablan o es puma inda
gosa no entiendes nada
a sombrante lumpy gas
deflating in the toilet





fist yr uvula flavor mud
and tonguage slaw is
stumped with loose or
tearing of the index \\
blot my throat with
bread and fry your l
unch lung’s a moat




lick the number fog you
ape contains a lake of
insulation and a crispy
foot the chainsaw greases
in the bay ≈ ≈ my brief
case falls its sopping
loaf of bread decays





erosive shadow on my
neck’s a dusty sand wich
spelled with c loud
crickets scrabble in my
sleeve you sleep and
write your teeth the
brush a liquid mir r o r

tuerca tuerca tuerca tuerca
tuerca tuerca tuerca tuerca
tuerca tuerca tuerca tuerca
tuerca tue tumba rca tuerca
tuerca tuerca tuerca tuerca
tuerca tuerca tuerca tuerca
tuerca tuerca tuerca tuerca
m





mano mano mano mano
mano mano mano mano
mano mano mano mano
mano ma nudo no mano
mano mano mano mano
mano mano mano mano
mano mano mano mano
om






intestino pibil y mi nuez
mi carbón intáctil que en
el ojo izquierdo te f lota
en mi derecho un ojo y
un ojo que ajá ha dicho
:: el fango comido pasa
por la luz invista






micturioso y ,mudo tus
fajas de piel se leen
,telenovelas de moco y
yo ,una tostada basu
rero ,juanito arrincon
ado ,sus riñones de pie
dras que brillan como
o jo s





foggy nuts ,forgot my
lastra inhibida ,co stra
fading in the stew yr
shape his gutter so the
:: rain :: burns ,my
pudd led shirt
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loose plumber the
“dime snore” buzzes
in my neck yr eye O
finds the || wall
his empty sock stands
.the light duck st
ruts my quack my
qu a ck

dog dog dog dog dog dog
dog dog dog dog dog dog
dog dog dog dog dog dog
dog dog d did g dog dog
dog dog dog dog dog dog
dog dog dog dog dog dog
dog dog dog dog dog dog
o





arf arf arf arf arf arf
arf arf arf arf arf arf
arf arf arf arf arf arf
arf arf a off f arf arf
arf arf arf arf arf arf
arf arf arf arf arf arf
arf arf arf arf arf arf
r






não não não não não
não não não não não
não não não não não
não não fim não não
não não não não não
não não não não não
não não não não não





são são são são são
são são são são são
são são são são são
são são ar são são
são são são são são
são são são são são
são são são são são





==shame beam==
bug the fork
m
y
shapeshadow






stool heel
dream damp
cork






sudden sot
f lag lake

bloody ink






sped s p r e a d
U U

shotlake






,,,teething the dirt,,,
cram qualm

mighty nutty

“mitey”






the shirt short
dozens dirt

slept the m i l e

eco eco eco eco eco
eco eco eco eco ec
eco eco eco eco eco
eco eco ego eco eco
eco eco eco eco eco
eco eco eco eco eco
eco eco eco eco eco




lago lago lago lago
lago lago lago lago
lago lago lago lago
lago la negro go lago
lago lago lago lago
lago lago lago lago
lago lago lago lago





the rule quack the ton
e rake the bell it sug
ar crocks you my mi ne
fulla milky lakes .the
fumbled gun ret urns
he spr ead the st icky
book the bursting
Fau ceT







duck clock and never br
oke wha cakes be si de
his foot the muddy
mirror I folded in my
mallet )where your whi
stle greyed( a lungin g
for that stinking “dime”






sure was I you cance
l led lapwise windy tun ne
l he could passing fast
through you a cutcake
se vered in my trouser
pock et spelled yr
eyesight doubled at the
mo u th





,shadow neck ,grunt sky
,dog missle , cloud crow
d choffing at the lak e’s
drizzled John’s a pullet
feathered with your book
and numb ered with my
l e g






Lift

your dork shape lifter your
hack gas ...net cluster
clump ,scattered dog rent
)my stool( should shudder
on your fork your lake .the
filler screens oh my )the
misty muse( blathered and so
ggy ,was your pork shirt
screwed was wire was
skirt of hubcaps .or my
wrinkled neck hill the
flavored grease the butt
ons hopping in the wind






lilt sock
the cluster fork

dense and fluttery






dots half
mamar ni modo
o
melting shoe





bust an duzzle
flac o floj

chimborazo




blunter hill
the entered bones

*luminescence*





shoe fork
stop leak
drip hill






foggy dime
the laughing hill

sog group






my busted deck
limp table

log phone






shouted clot
rinse knot
leaving stone





spurn the
|]shut storm[|

[[blockage]]

blam n uts ph one my eye impaction dog and ch ew .rem ote the pylon sin gle wire dr i p p ing in the fog system’s slow plac ation ,strangled natter





s lot chop ped estal nor sp lashing thr one I sle pt among the belts the stor m bomb singing strew my liper a tion my levered fog in s ack ))))shu dd d der)))





chew cheaper lu ,ng rote uh schleppage gob of sprit n ote uh b uggy n ,eck em g ait offlegged were I tr ,a ined the ro am sink b utt er sh ,adow in me mo ,u th wi ,nd cro ss the st ,age





sp e l l m i l d ew gr ipping w all lispther so redid chew enh texdt d og pooly an the s purt of thi ,ngs )gutter( p lug p ole || gnatt er ing in thet wet cor ,ner




sugar dance nor corn locker where I heard my hose my slaggy shoes crumbled in uh sandw hich waits beneath a streetlight with a plas tic skull my leg itchy itchy





ahg bog dander lout my boob plumber tepulli sluggish sweetly sl eeping ))like a lake(( ≈ splash cart the suitcase leaks its wa≈ T ≈er





Hod s norE
my jApes

DunkeD





sHorts Of
King
S





doG lUNch
stePped o
fEE






nest of nates
ῳ
should shape

should knot





my comb flag
cuke

))pretty bloody((





notes & shots
dang dang

waller one

lo ñoño el mitote la cumbre lo fúnebre el fin la camisona lo “nombrado” el brazo la escalera lo tuerco el dineral la niebla lo sobado el peso la fin ada





forkface you was ak ak ak ka ka an spillage cluck a sp oon )cuanaca ,clerk( )the seconds flopping( ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thighs ))curl(( in the p a n




off jab an crust off pill an light off cree ping shudder in my g ate my gait off si dewalk dancing in the ::rain pizzle business off getting dre S sed





foglit shirt an est imation of the index leakage in your lap the crusty faucet an grind a flashlight in your mouth the bulby taste the floor spi T tle




exo skeleto trace d nur throadt plants ashwise crackwards spending all um nerts or )nurts( fought fog outside wh at arm what clod ter rón gotea en la cama





)))my muddy shirt my shouty slab my gon na slot my rice my folder bubbly with yr thinks my chewed my sunk my dragging co in my mano di visible(((




the jumpy sandwich ate my cloud my what for got to twist the numb er flagging at the gate el mero .agujero intest ino fútil ni apropiado ay mis coldcuts’ l a u n d r y





choppy was ,an assolined ,exlibred ,trumped an gored ,focus limp ,daze of shadows in the T shirt garbage flaming in the dawn o cage of fingers foaming through the butt O N S




join the stone that lizard
smells a doorway sucked into the wind a mobile fa ucet cangrejo cristalino o tumba en mi taza seman al de viento apestoso surely su rly you can see my l.i.n.t







the lucky dust entables all my fungus nodding at the glandow wind or forkage splatters past my your dil do renter gapes before the freezer sees the fog in side the soap yr eye in hales




shapeless sausage treme bunda o la escalera des carnada lack your phone book of grumbling in the molar plexus where yo ur shat shot breeds o page the wursted bomb







feathered finger drags your face away the meta tar sal or my luggage snack retails for skipping that’s the gruff mine hair the slumber in your grout yes pillow raging in the s o u p







dual shine
mudder fork
when chirpers rain

when ]uh[

et






knotty one o
noddy
o

O






lụng clay
fulgor noético

copa







trap thunk

the whistle

the wind

the sow







hamster suit

grits “and” hammer

read the clouds

lick plunger nekkid tone
a ants contraction sing
le.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,sobbing.,.,
. tube or synthesizer sha
pe of wheeling sugar in
yr eye it’s what I )gave(
impacted in the gummy
s o u p







slab of mumble torque in
dented with a dime too
shot to carve or slumb er
in my asholine a ho le O
linger in the bur ning
shirt like clouds or ‘s just
a cough in dust






butter groped and nodde
r at the soap dispenser
where you r name reveals
reveals a tunnel thrashin
g through my blood’s a
bottled mind a can of tuna
rusting in the sun o fog my
t o n g u e







gristled gate the sca
t ered lung and foghorn
sandwich all that fuzz
and blackened grease
beneath the fridge I
crawled beside the ph
one window ate an ear






dirt ,run
chowder
my dust dog





“the weasel”
soup

the mute caught finger





chump use
gerbils and kraut

the numbered lint





haw
how
haw

Bean Blanket

bean stroke slather me cowl
master blink my gas bowl seem
flooded neck buzzard skinflag
r oof sheen nut ))fog shirt((
the tool of blat ant desklint

oh last twirl soon but neck cage
fan your loverbowel looms dot
map swizzle bream )goat( ton
gue or clodlake shafter )dog(
boom dung the s weet grafter

bag o spit nube clot ...drizzle
... goatlap the pill dander phone
I saw clings the drooled hat the
dim sheet corn piled lack of
moths mouths stuns my shirt

raw rings the ant eats ...)lint
(... phones my leg slag pu
lls the “form” ])shadow([ coughs
lungs lunged boat your stool
cash liquor dawn lice the high blanket






Soon

dog lamp off ten mutes kill
shirtly boomed the tramp gas
over spill rat her shone
lather skull knot )rust( the
tent pill shaper of head fart
last bile in the nap wrought small
clanged pig noose puddle
of blood nearly shot )scamp
er( saw flood tune wipe
the dog slathered big phone he
ft )bubbled( in the woods






gash an rinse
)treacle(
nu ng
ng






gn
unts
uts

bap







low regar
)slo ppy(
heel( ( ( (

dag fog





runny won the
lobbed corn
crack

)was(







shadowed hymn
him slut

cough gold







shoulda team
ed sh
oulda )mo
ulder( )w
ise(