July 2003

Sonnets

Claim wurst

claim toothy nodule yours ,was snatty ,cashing
was tantric rust handle clammy smoot hills the
roster gush the tumor sanded steams beneath yr
bed rush panther ,ghost hunk ,plates of rinse
.leash of crawl away the croon cancer ,hub fog
linking phew the closet boss the hugging hanger
dangles ,dugs the floss claustro the few thinking
log stubs .dancer moon the stray wall or fleas
hints of face junk ,host's rancid hush spread
yr meat dreams ,dandles rumor's om mush imposter
.the pills loot yammy candle lust's frantic buzz
splashing clotty fuzz snore ,fondles loosened rain
inches double you have to stubble gasoline and thirst
ditches' trouble )knew shaved crumbled trampoline and wurst

Rug pants

rug heave user brain hogged camp lash spent
tissue ground throat )on a bun( psoriasis star
:funnel broth cloud laundered ,spread eye slept ,loft
whoosh rancid drift dove air ,rod scampers ,"ton"
lunged poured screech faucet "said" ahead ,tree slang
linked focus rant )bubbles?( ups the rash boom
tube .slash the cups' trouble sank ,locust blinked
dang flea dread bred office "speech" core plunged
)dumb( cramps pod lair ,stove lifts placid rush
cough ,kept my flounder dead ,proud offal ,tunnel
scar morosis .gun a pond boat sound fissure
meant ass lamp logged )rain( looser seethed ,smug
snore ponding in your pillow's slugged thought glance
nor bonding in your mildewed lung )bought pants

Shorts hash

shorts )dripping( lung )trance( bin )loomer( torn
)dank( sugar )gash( table )heaving( spore )clunk(
shadow )snore( sleeve )rush( mote )cash( itch
)gather( slug )light( glance )bushes( hum )beach(
seeps )run( gushes )dance( kite )bug( weather
)ditch( rash )gloat( mush )seethe( door )wallow(
bunk )gore( weaving )fable( ash )fooler( sank
)born( boom )spin( pants )hung( slipping )snorts(
leaking )lover( "name" )wash( lake )tomb( hint
)grief( skill )shore( beat )towel( crushed )ant(
lamp )lush( growl )eat( lore )pill( leaf
)mint( doom )fake( crash )aim( gloves )speaking(
:lash )table( cloud )dip( meat )suit( runny
)spun( loot )sleep( clip )shroud( cabled )hash(

Engage gash

engage the blood sample urination )"cloud"( steam
window open to the birds wind bees
rusty shed corner ,gaping ,sneeze phone languid
cup shade before yr eyes stank washing
phased he suds grappled termination crowded dream
willow sloping to the words trimmed knees
.crusty head foamer shaking ,sheets home sanguine
cluck paid .shore yr thighs drank cashing
wreck and payment ,bloody stool ,trace reaction
in yr jaw leverage ,dirt soup coupled
specks and raiment ,muddy pool face impaction
in yr slaw beverage ,shirt's loop doubled
ash sank ,pin kite ,room numbing phone
story gung loom bright ,thinning crank gash

The clouds
"the wand the pond" - Al Ackerman

the wand the pond the strip flute spackled
hum geese shaking in the sky lip gate
shoulder )"snake"( )"clunk"( drip faulty nor ,should comb
I crumple ,snuffling in yr chest's "cage pillow"
,leaves a sandwich sail a scrammed oar foaming
burger use ,piccalilli sinking from the flaming boat
the pond the wand the slick loop spraddled
gum feet flaking in the pie dripped late
mouldered fake hump dip paltry door's mood dance
,fly doubles ,slumping in yr rested page billow
.heave a hammed rail a blang snore growing
murder loosed ,itchy blinking gums the "naming goat"
:louder dump the rod surveils yr eye's well
smell my furred veil sodden ,ah slumping clouds...

Copyright John M. Bennett - 2003