memento to a plodding habit
martyrdom song sequence metaphors
pandering to the commonest doom
disgrace:
whiff, mineshaft of miserable digressions,
wallow pitiful grease pit – – –
(‘what sullen arachnophobia could unleash
a stammering gut punch into a public
toilet cowering like an octopus onion?’) – – –
welts, reading between the tonsils,
a star filled night growing into a
troublesome bacteria digression
. . .
kisses mask a demanding goiter
. . .
when dismantling an anus,
the yardstick comes in handy:
(‘can thou wither without barking
into a jar of oily rhododendrons?’)
. . .
screaming texts match
seeping manicured
hams
. . .
relaxation plunge,
simplified mosquito net algorithm,
the skimpy nooses begin to outweigh
boiling sponges
A Surging Crocodile of Iridescent Bubbles
Loot, my leg, shifting chamomile masks
planted like a shaving cream skull:
ecstatic collagen
sweeping textured
scorpion alarms
what rises
to shape a
paving stone?????
Some bareheaded regrets bashing silhouettes
on a mission to glue notorious islands together
as hollow as a skinned bowl of haughty vomit
less a gesture than a dungeon of mellow curls
does this sweeping poison
endow lashing with guts
shuddering beneath shapely
umbrella pajamas?????
such hermetic shingles
spilling backwards fungi:
imaginary sculptures, branches,
the loosening rags rattling sauce,
thunder / deeds / inversions /
sneaking off in
a gallop of inclinations /
escape route wings
regurgitating tranquility /
stars view the nimble toenails
while starving balconies grieve
Feasting on Bone Marrow
merging porcupine waves
into soiled newspaper holes
widening like serenity tears
laughing like cradled whips
, groan
, searchable demagogues
, what presence apologizes
to crinkly asparagus wands
. . .
splendid nude seagulls
violently snoring pods
obsessive atonal desire
. . .
the dangers of sleepwalking
through murmuring anxiety
, the public blanched
, a castle withering
between pubic hair
teeth grinding lemons
, it cleared the room of ozone
& bled sugar hemispheres
. . .
a bronze cave
mystifies a burning nipple
. . .
a sulphureous forehead fireworks display
drowning in secreted foliage cathedrals
blasting subterranean strawberry insects
. . .
what blushes
obscures
Phenomena, ever subordinated, enters the void
despite, most foul context requiring
situational essential trapezoid squirm,
elevator periscope mannequin
robbing petrified subjective
thoroughly lobotomized scope = = =
un,
ethical shoehorn postponement,
grieve : : (allowable excerpts
forming archival
weather reports) : : , , , ,
INform,
ed = actionable,
ethical, abomination sprinkler
system, , , ,
> struck By A
viper < , , , limitation
textual entry [
us | we | them | sEt FrEe, |
fictions critical analysis / /
/ / . . . . . frivolous vertical
coercion :
MaCHiNe tO provoke
formal NoVeLtIeS . . . . .
/ / / / / ,
| assuming argumentations
implicated contradictions
eras, moths, theories, eons:
a disputed rocking
CHAIR, , , , , ( . . . . .
clear throat, an allusion,
outlining proposal lamentations
, the tExt that BuRsTs
& spills
literary MoTiFs
Joshua Martin is a Philadelphia based writer and filmmaker, who currently works in a library. He is a member of C22, an experimental writing collective. He is the author most recently of the books O! fragmented glories (Argotist Ebooks), Prismatic Fissures (C22 Press), and peeping sardine fumes (RANGER Press). He has had numerous pieces published in various journals. You can find links to his published work at joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com