HappY neW earS         

  6 rewrithings of some poems of John M. Bennett


TomBeau

"my" (TUMBling sNORe, Fascination wrIST ed toWard
my fLAKing hEad or tumbLINg flOor fastened to my
lIst or Lakey liPs benEATh your lap ping bREAD be
neaTH your) hips

John M. Bennett 12.3.97


timbRE

"your" (timbRING Snore FAScinaTion wreST ed tOWard
your fLUKing hEad OR TumblING FLOor festooned to your
laST or LUCKy lipS BEN eath "my" lip PING tRUMPet be
GINing my) heps

Reed Altemus 4/15/00

TorimBAUD

"your"(TAMe ing geAR fUSsy Notion blISs Add tOward
her fLEXIng Baader EAR tin beaRING flOUR fastEND to your
LaST or sLINKy LeAPs BEneath "your" limey Brood BY
Nate my) hets

R. Altemus 4/18/00

Rob e II: birds the neigh bors e

cac a down the
drain age jab the Con form ity
foot the st air up to #1-E
wave b rightly f lag "hi hoÖ"
c reaming rift yr pen nies
auto trepititionwhy. It chy skull

mud a book
book a mud


flush age st raight to helL
anding next theco rn evE ry begin
ning exhalation. W hen the knees
birds the neigh bors e
roof inversed. Saw
ah clack ah, duck
tightly bound! OK.
Blind s

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Be auté II: mouldering bar felt

raft er hab Chet
it I blan ish
k sun Ken

breeding the cello for the sardine

mouldering bar felt
be "quest-ce-cíest" I went
crad led you my bro
laun dry binds
gestalt of b urn ing al to
me (at night) ah to wind ing
mucus-clothed! Yr Des in te grating
days at me poltergeist bastard
yr crenellating un dulating

eye yr "eye" yr inept
(span d ex sweepings
some) days tan dem g ills
end: dust
zeit


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Ma chin e II : like a gate

d rap rips
ed yr ca ter pill ers
clown ham hocks
the door smiler
style-less
fl utters ten drils
hamsterly humpings
the even Stephen
ing eniero nada
sucks his photo gra ve
loaf a wool a venue
bridge too feds
hatless f art ing
where the En
gland stems,
rivu less tibia to be a
en tu buses
talle merde

va ga agate

like a gate


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Ra il II: genu flect

you pee until
led the bend
sauce teased
so Iís anchor
too d an bel lies
stung rayed genu ine
across the corridor
b ridge a mean t
lap be low can dles
yr rive lob elle
R key am mend men t
dome yr clap board
fold hot hints
inside, yr veins
hat metal
arc pet un ias
domunism "John-u-ism" flect

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