13.2.25

Two Poems by Joshua Martin

Half-century implosion of the Northern Lights

 

Much contained the salamander’s method

of bibliographic melting, definitely private

as a therefore accumulation of curiosity

encrusted permits. To scholarly excess,

the serially subversive pens leaping the

regardless fields of illustrious pigments.

All thorough in fiery eyebrow oysters.

Were the high-flying nails oh so oddly

gangrenous in their admitted planetary

voids? Passing a living question and by

satirical advantage limiting hollow

surface noises. Scam. Winnow. Flailing

hypodermic scales presented rather

than patented. Another chapter of

a skirted cathedral map would likely

lead the obvious timber toward wary

geographic commentaries.

 

Fume, each citizen allowable as a

deliberate gesture withering like an

updated punishment. Troubleshoot

a reaching rhyme built upon bothered

and vicarious standards. Hail, any

deterrent haze reinventing units

simply as disorganized as glass yawns.

Unpremeditated tangles juggling these

short calculated turtle trampolines

while ushering in forlorn hiccup

backbones. Whether instead or just

catching chronological curtain rod

covered in scaly piano remains.

 

Yummy, geared up, floating curb cuts

balancing on wireless heel dynamics

breathlessly overwhelming a spooled

draft inside flea bags. Wondering,

masked like a flagpole, caricatures

play guessing games with mobsters 

still unlovable. Deepening crisis without

reservation palms. Which, in varying

degrees of turgid plasma, were the

humming baboons supposed to

eviscerate when the alphabet finally

fails visions misdiagnosed as a

deer hoof, cause itching. Pssssst.  

 

Hugging justified corner rooms. Scheming

an anvil padlock chemistry parachute

covered in fuzzy jitterbugging moles

dancing fandangos in a bonfire.

 

Alas, poorly made and understaffed,

a wallowing herbivore maintains a

puzzled expression throughout the ice

rink nightmares. Scuttle. Rattling

and peevish symphonies. A linguistic

nostril. Straining incognito blasting

pigeon hovel where extraterrestrial

happenstance reveals tainted ray gun

allusions. Disturbance on the toadstool.

 

How long winding tornadoes? Wince,

at last angled to prevent another endless

highway expansion.

 


Simultaneous Weigh Stations

 

There’s a singularity Mastodon sniffing

glue & treading water before foreplay

leapfrog coughing. Eat the tissue. Bury

the sparkplug pocket map. Are the

bladed headlights catching on? Noun.

Vests leaping & noisy as a hatchet wielding

warlord barfing mug of milquetoast

beer pong jockstraps. The rest is a

fertile pig bladder limousine. How high

the hijinks offer the mushrooms

inverted like snapping color photographic

hamsters short of a bearded breath

taking alarm clock grapefruit.

 

Ah. Well. Svelte appetizer incognito.

 

Drown frothy whimsical launch

pads. Oh sure. Hollowed out the

heavenly visionaries playing bingo

while reaching for a vacuum cleaner

noose. Support engine marvel.

An obtuse metal guru. Siting above

lockjaw monkey paws with

wearied lollipop muffins all

but straining to be a fly-on-the-wall

boot. In awe. Out of torch. touch.

Go following the padlocks into

the touchscreen tombstone where

all willow hammocks reside until

death do the cha-cha into a frying

pan monocle. Clash of the

titans. Orange transistor radio

bobbing for apples. In spite. Spirit.

Drop. Sponge. Callous reindeer under

glass. Steeped towel gallons. Whose

caboose set the tone for the debate?

 

Candidate zipper fiasco consumed

the shark infested corners of skyscraper

buzzards. Wee. Weeping. Anatomy of

an insect in the throes of a midlife

crisis. Membrane. Balm. Harrier than

a quarter & just as nominated. Wheeze

as the quacking dalliance unfurls before

another cosmetic blunder. A society

so shallow & superficial has no business

preaching.

 

The fart machine persists.


Alley-oop dagger. Playing fetch with a

cobra. Reading. Sludge mechanic

busier than a flute in autumn.

Wave goodbye. Shrink. Engineered

for failure. Rock. Paper. Schism. Trust-

ed coffee cake rotting for cursive

to be reinstated in all schools. Blimp.

Simpering musical chairs like

a cleaver organizing a dance party

in the age of uranium.

 

Blow.

Bend.

 

Any order lacking a headphone jack

will be returned unopened & despised.

Likewise conned. Levelled. Cinched.


Joshua Martin