"wet trip," "The Waters," and "answer"
wet trip
yr meat ed win g o calamine
off the elbow dripped it's a
shouter see ,a shorter sand
wich in yr pocket crow ded
what's the sea but sleeping air
your hair folded in bread and
shitty poems canchered from
your forehead ...lipid dreams
tongued on the sodden suitcase
,whwhispering in the trunk of
your car
The Waters
—For Chris Wells
The dream of a lake surrounding a
lake is the dream of a fried egg
resting on your face; the dream of
the fried egg is the dream of a
fork swirling in the bottom of a
well. If you continue to dream,
your dream of a well full of forks
will be the dream of a tree glittering
with birds which is the dream of a
bird surrounding a tree
answer
drunk the horn or sandal
thought less gloved it
gape-like in the blin
ded mirror or fridge's
wall of cheese your
foot replies ,basic
hamster crawl one
side your head ,mum
bled nothing please a
blunt stone just be
hind my face .will
it wet ,or dry agaze
,will it shine without
the skin
will a wall w
ill a spoon w
ill a flood re
turn
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 Founding Curator of the Avant Writing Collection at The Ohio State University Libraries. His PhD (UCLA 1970) is in Latin American Literature. His latest books include Select Poems (Poetry Hotel Press/Luna Bisonte Prods, 2016) and The World of Burning (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2017). He is co-editor, with Geoffrey D. Smith, of two works by William S. Burroughs: Everything Lost: The Latin American Notebook of William S. Burroughs; and William S. Burroughs' “The Revised Boy Scout Manual”: An Electronic Revolution; both published by The Ohio State University Press.
