textbook of violence
insufficient gallery of distortions
roaming eras metaphors sprung to expansive manifestations
curious civilizations dripping limitations
rough draft
translation/
fumigating
battle ready gear
throat constricted
verbal consideration a
mispronunciation
creased glances steam avenues musing grim / gross /
self-exposed
ignominious televised
speeches sinking sunken rocking fingernail evaporates
sucked out through
the back of the
neck
indiscretions
of ideology/
statuesque
brimless hats cultivating brainwaves
mass hysterias trailing blind scenarios
creatures hanging performance
brighter than bombs
mostly observed in a grove of squirming inner
ear(infected)/
(inspected)/
(& otherwise neglected)
between keychains
diorama of symphonic
bliss mythological
scheming droning an earthquake overreaction
typhoon logical choice
(
stuttering yawning fingers glow
an unspent dollar discombobulated atoms
a parking lot is a crime
(
avalanche of misquotations
leaning foreign objects
lounging paralyzed impatient
sprain
toxic overgrown fields
braindead children mountains
of crushing conformity
snakes
coil
as reefs
fade curves of the landscape
a concrete
embankment
last masks puzzled between the
curves of the landscape
Joshua Martin is a Philadelphia based writer and filmmaker, who currently works in a library. He is the author of the book Vagabond fragments of a hole (Schism Neuronics). He has had pieces previously published in M58, Punk Noir Magazine, Beir Bua, Scud, RIC Journal, Ink Pantry, Streetcake, The Collidescope, SORTES, Prolit, E-ratio, Nauseated Drive, and Fixator Press among others. joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com