John M. Bennett

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the tune

the suit ant soaked the

fog shirt you tor e be

es stream from your el

bow fire or t hat h and

a f lame th rust f

rom the do me ,teotl

circular in yr spherical

pocket  -  dri fting kn

ife  -  tu h oja que

el tr ueno ve y tu

mano de hueso in verso

))corn ,this morning’s mist’ ‘ ‘’‘  ‘

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the boil

the dri,,p,p,,,ing,,,, finger or yr

shorted half yr lesser wind

.ay scrawling-suit ,conscious

,blind ,sniveling in its slee

ve in its shattered hair

dryer  .what the mildew

,wet glyph ,sported in the

rain ,in the stone  .yr lau

ghing lunhg grhease yr

first last one line  .er

towels stinking in a cor

ner ,in the groin where

the crossed walls talk

...el tiempo en que se extiendan las

tripas de Kukulkan, Serpiente-quetzal...

- Profecía llamada “Memoria de cómo

vino Hunab Ku a decir su palabra a

los Ah Kines”

*** 

the sweating lake

short clock LEG the

war ning gas oline the LEG

sock the bed’s dim lint a

faltered LEG snore LEG

itimate clowner in the ch

ained afternoon LEGLEG

crawls from the bank st

ained with plasma LEG ex

halation as the hands click o

ff the LLEG LLEGada ha

,a la puerta LEGG broken

por la tarde broken LE  G

the bloat thieves left L  EG

of’s LEGless tripled thief

squirming on the steps

...$$...

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the funicular

yr blind suit air FOG see

n the airless sleeve the cor

nered FOG nos tril FOG

water the suit FOG

hair and sticky dollar wa

dded in yr FOGFOG po

cket FFOG drains the thi

ck blank tower FOGGs yr s

kin suit yr heaving down the

tube FOGFFOGGFOOGG

)el cartel abandonado(  leave

your suit blunder in the air

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