nihil et beauty ,shorn
,the ladder and's fallen
hair ,a sweaty sh
adow que los pel
daños trepa ,trepi
dation ,the hairless
rungs ,where the thick
and blind ,failing
,thread the skinny
hole ,if's there ,of
human's stream ,was
forks and windows
,clattering the windy
wig of bedrooms
and toilets ,roof or
skull ,a stone ,f
alling toward the
yard ,where nothing
thinks in its end
...pareció querer hablar
como un estrangulado.
—José Lezma Lima
the blistered doorheel the
garras de coatlicue the
peonies rotting in a
jar action huff ,tor
menta ,de ,hormigas con
alas .just I ,went .cor
uscation of the afterbowel
,a tubeworm snores .))w
ash the cave deck the
rocks with spit stuff
the tunnel with corn your
head collection shaking
in its coat of dust
eyeless rabbits circle the house
John M. Bennett has published over 400 books and chapbooks of poetry and other materials. He has published, exhibited and performed his word art worldwide in thousands of publications and venues. He was editor and publisher of Lost and Found Times (1975-2005), and is Curator of the Avant Writing Collection at The Ohio State University Libraries. His work, publications, and papers are collected in several major institutions, including Washington University (St. Louis), SUNY Buffalo, The Ohio State University, The Museum of Modern Art, and other major libraries. His PhD (UCLA 1970) is in Latin American Literature.
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