three poems
by Joshua Martin
were absent: in fact, an advanced surface of decay
futile [feudal?] haircut configuration(s),
= according, actual, primitive, concrete / = ,
MaTeRiAl NowNeSs, reproductive
skating RiNk moratorium StAcKiNg [,
principle of assertive linearity
EXPLODED!!!!!
] = = = =
MiXeD, InsTalleD, repetition w/o
chronology = >, study, conceptual,
MuNdAnE <, =, =,
/,
IN CHAOS ! ! ! ! ! \ =
dependent intersections
throbbing PoStaL cOdeS
discounts >rendered
enigmatic
SaucerS<,=
@ cups,
@ inscribed temporal DIY HeaVinG,
@ departure POINTS,
@ central TreNdInG UN=REALITY / / /
seg=ment=ed critiques
[Replace Logic with Abstraction] = = = , , , , ,
\ > cutting, therefore, objective headings
floating through sewers of historical
CoNtExT < \ = =
must a MiSSiOn uncover hermeneutics
> = ,
Morphing theories
losing relevance,
CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PRACTICE CAN
BE OVERCOME
= ALL POLITICS CAN BE OVERCOME = = =
WOO-HOO! !
WOO-HOO!
>What Does Avoid
the Worst Revisions?<,
stunted by presuppositions ===== [/
hope to eliminate Frameworks
]\ \ \,
dissuaded remainders
bop-bop-bopping,
chromosomes meant as incorporated muscles
seemingly developed OuT oF spatiotemporal shrugging
:: WISP!
: WASP! :: an absence
eternally
unpredictable [,
| What risks the flowing extractions of meaning
when meaninglessness SmileS and vocal cords
perform perfunctory dysfunctions throughout
the MuSeuMs = = = parlay / / unassuming
fusion = = = > / behind, pauses, routine, pulses
drowning < / / / LooSe corrective TiSSuE
/ > denoted recognitions < / thus, presently
amoral, crumbling, totalitarian heritage and
capitalistic contradictory performance anxiety |
]= =
BlusH, INVERTED
note TaKiNg = BathTuB view=
point,
consider the extremities of
conformism,
consumerism,
corporate culture = = = = =
= = = {SHOT / PROMPTED / WHEEZING},,,
actions dripping debated
whiplash gasoline fires
> ‘We
Are
Poisoned and Loving Every
Minute of It!’ shout the
angry MoBs <, , , ,
abandon philosophy
and become re=
structured,
fEEd
the bRaIn
will not obstruct the deluged & hissing horns
lOOse
RaNt= ING,
the guillotine devoured
burnt commonality [= = =
INTO THAT?
Nurture quarrels,
perhaps NoTaBlE
TeDiUm= = =
], :
‘since, sit, ambition, half-weary
& verily visible signs, as yet, an
affected clergy of bloodied oaths’
> FiRsT
Summoned Thither <= = = = =
?
| is dragged, the quavering VoIcE all liable
in good clothes rendered, whirled, methods
named In Eloquence / = / = / sycophant
crushing MuDDy hospitality undesirable in=
wardly functioning, tasty, irrevocable, will
send blunderbuss anew : HUZZA!! At length
, purpose, / > in some rude treachery < ,
gripping & intolerably DreSsEd==rolled to Fall
softly / / / / / into ExTreMe / / / / is the hatred,
cannot kEEp = / [the world intervenes NoT
ThE dOOmEd bouts] : extremities, BoiLiNg, ,
pointed smoking sleek-surfaced baptisms
As SpuN as SmelT, = MISSPENT! Declining
!: ‘a sea of below & dispirited readings One
At A Time’>>>>>Of Thy Hot MeTaL Montage
blistering <<<<< : suffocated as sails as
deliberate ReaLiTiEs stuffed and dulled |
, : , : < antechambers are
BuMpInG,
sHoT FuLL of
elbows > : ,
= {Patriotic dinner-tables
wither} =
((((( ! ))))) / / / / /
(((((Not Quite
DoubTiNg))))) / /
/ / :
Nor lath and plaster
: / /
then the banners placed un=seen
likewise, populace, courting traces
of escorted passivity (themselves?) /
/ = ; / : : :
GiVeN FoR!
CaViTy! oF GraNd
theatricality! > > > > >
dignity ABOARD > > > > > :,
hardly a month shivering gracefully &
w/o/r/t/h/l/e/s/s/l/y =
= | languid tenacity, tubular, sleekly dictated
through squeaky flooding / deflated / portraits
manipulated as repairs! for, physically speaking
in the CaLm Of UN-BeLieF / argumentative
/ hanged! / / = (defunct!) (Billowing!) = / = \ = /
\ = All that beholdest an indestructible effect
erotically OuT oF NoWheRe / / / / / =vapor, an
outpouring soon hidden, thousands of tinted
dwellings of inaccessibility : DANGER! but more |
, these three sweaters
in shoeless singing! =
[or sunk
downward > / defacements / /
/ fear or : destinies /
= ? bemired
& SuNk ? =
already tragic lamentations
that simplifies an indignant
magical siege of frothy glowing
/ h
u
e
s : ‘Withhold with their pomp
mainly ominous, foreshadowed,
the display having dwelt beside
an InWaRd melancholy’ : : : : :
\ , DISSENT
IN AUDIBLE
GLEE! ! ! ! !
an impression shown, glancing the disappearing blubber
between LaRkS: visions / repellent ontological
marching = [hoofs] / [ducks / silk TuNNeLs],
; ; ; ; ; | ‘what soft embers strain like passenger
sublimity’ | ; ; ; ; ; = = = = = > combing JellY,
bEEn waiting To Cover Transformation / = RyE,
AN eYe for An Orgy of Ozone transcendence
munching [A Prediction? A Struggle? An Ocean
fading chaotic membranes?] = = = = < ,
an inch,
an aquarium famine [pity,
a parting village murmuring
pale sanitation paradigms /
. . .
Mirages, an oblique labyrinth,
a BliNd
tOOth = = = no longer
shredded lighthouse envelopes
pulsating GLOWING sediments > > > :
‘Birthday snails extracting
sleepy perfected emergencies’ /
‘Where madness spirals
beyond fables commonly
jagged’ / / / / /
Movement of clustered husks surging mythological pastiche
in lifeless modulations wavering, humming, a depressed
drone toiling whirlpools, sullen, vampiric washing machines
dressed in fog, whispering past tense argyle sock puppets
indulging in the occult, an overgrown garlic device framed
against a correctable ice shelf, imaginary and placid and
once in a while, moaning, dissatisfied, sanguine crudity
functionally armed, parked, poking disgruntled temptations /
. . .
delay, an orb, balloons scanning
attentive BriCKs = = = operational
frequencies adding UP to hunger =
= = | ‘Wounded parlors dancing
in the windowless seaside sardines’ | = = =
oft repeated
MANTRAS,
AGAINST AN ABSOLUTE = = =
[, flotation based sleepwalking],
cubicle To An End
GaMe,
atmospheric plungers
filling the gall bladder
chimneys = = = = =
] / ;
: ‘By tense, undulating heart attacks’ :
, / / / =
touching the depths of devoted skin
venting an association with magnetic
qualms => => => continental quaking
sea monsters <= <= <= selfless aims,
the research blandly contains hooks,
BOTTLES INTELLECTUALLY SUSPECT ===
==
; / / / / /
1. Underwater cinephiles groping
for a superior fluttering
2. Sinking suspender horseshoe
crabs, astoundingly flaccid like
an eggshell ultrasound
3. Waving surfaces billowing in the
oozing legs detaching themselves
from the heart of a shivering calzone
and alphabetically enslaved
4. Breathing licking follies neglecting
valid bonbons declared expository
and therefore irrelevant
5. Tightly ironic and not at all worthwhile
swamps served as tv dinner pizzas
laterally universal in zoological filth
: ,
\ = psyches congeal, fountains oppress an
IMMORTAL suicide [rejected surgeries],
chronic garbage castrations, central the
first seen and perfected circular neurotics
tyrannically disenchanted = / , , , , , : : :
. . .
minimal spirits, prudish, replenishing
malleability and touchstone herrings OR
less JoINeD aT tHe HiP, levelling OUT,
the snow drifts and departs the hysterical
stardust
. . .
SPEECHLESS fluency
. . .
darkened phrases
,
dragged condescending vineyard slant
> > > > > ca
nn
ot
glimmer In A DayDreaM
waterpipe,
[flushed deckchairs] / / / / /
: a documentary
fascination deleted
BIO: Joshua Martin is a Philadelphia based writer and filmmaker, who currently works in a library. He is a member of C22, an experimental writing collective. He is the author most recently of the books isolated version of nexus (Pere Ube), lung f,r,a,g,m,e,n,t,s before grazing *asterisk* (Moria Poetry), and Cubist Facelifts (C22 Press) . He has had numerous pieces published in various journals. You can find links to his published work at joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com