N O S E R

John M. Bennett

August 2022

NOSER

TOWER LEG

END SUIT

CLOT PILE

FOG

re fogged re flowcussed burn ah

tower foam pile leg's end a clott

the basement storm re plies yr air a

stream , or lunched caulk returns

aboil beneath yr eyelids • clogged

er chained er born is lesson time in

chained uh jerking gglands' fingers

streaked with sticky ink suit voice's

desreveric tube beneath the garbage

dump

SEEP

SORE

NOOSE

GLAND

enter end

my seeping negck sore sleepb

lump fore given , noose re

coils , clobbered gland blunk

shaking scissors were my

plowdered hand beneath yr

sunk spiel sockéclat bursts yr

ear dregs feel the freeze

door squeal & yr tooth

broke grunt asnore under

sky drowning in a dusty

lakge

SLUG

DOOR

LINT

WIND

slab out

glands glow beneath leaves

my knee retreats sh

arp liver stab in

throat's spreading spheres f

f licker off on off un off

in my eye inversion de

versoed foot scrawls up thru

mud & seeds blew past door

rotting & banging in al filo del

agua returns

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LAKE

STOOL

SUNK

HAIR

saw

folded lake's swallowed

stool my face wet word

dried unseen a keyboard

sunk its hair breath

stuffed my ear your

voice dispells water wrung

hhh dead tongue dangles in the

w i n d

SEEN

HOLE

LEG

DRIFT

endlunch

seen on slimy rock a meat

stone drips into hole a leg

sinks in , shoeless white

sucked down dark yr mouth

dispelled was sausage leavings

charred laundry vacuum presence

drifting off toward

___horizonte___

TINE

MELT

CLOUD

CHEST

timeflood

in my mouth's tine melt I

sed yr throat invades

my clangor cloud ripples

off yr window itch yr

hand grovels in my chest's

long snore what was I

left behind the gravel

buried in yr

watch