by Joshua Martin
Lungs fold in the masticated wings of zero gravity parades
bombing factories smoldering sneezed rocket seagulls
/ now, discs restructure nucleic barcodes,
varied mollusks deeper than volcanic imps
where thousands injure molasses shafts /
. Banded, randomized, and springing longish residence
to the brim following hollowed out cardboard surgeries
without orderly colon speedometers. Wild spilling dirt
reversing paleo-spatial-pseudo crawling metros. Last,
borrower, truncated before a mistaken shadowed paw
lashing skyscraper academic implosions.
/ All abandoned chemistries
sanity assisted studies
pardonable thrusting studs / .
Studded lashing silks
destroy lockjaw cells
martyred lame priests,
letdown wart spinning hemorrhage
thighbones ping pong commentaries,
assembled the town track lava fuselage
solid as the story of an erupting citation. Clubbed
& atmospheric thrills
survivable as reckless
sounds entomb cattle
or the pride of webs.
/ Advisory , whining , heard , sprung ,
readied , blushing , panicked , radioactive:
this sponge lounges
before a lozenge prairie
significantly drained of
all weeping batteries
/ . Ah,
ooooh, scurrying abomination wilted mints
digging gravel-voiced sandcastles between zebras
soaked & boiling the conversation wallops actions. / .
Joshua Martin is a Philadelphia based writer and filmmaker, who currently works in a library. He is member of C22, an experimental writing collective. He is the author most recently of the books Dance of Resistance Brainwaves (C22 Press), SCHISMS (C22 Press Open Editions), laminated tongue in aspic (Alien Buddha Press) and automatic message (Free Lines Press). He has had numerous pieces published in various journals including Otoliths, Synapse, Version (9), Don’t Submit!, BlazeVOX, RASPUTIN, Ink Pantry, Unlikely Stories Mark V, and experiential-experimental-literature. You can find links to his published work at joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com
Photograph by Joel Filipe, provided by Unsplash.com
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