Friday, October 14, 2022

Joshua Martin Explores Fireflies Trapped in Eardrums, Avant Guarding Angels, And Rechristened Zombies

Leaving a Piece of Mind Beneath a Wheelbarrow 


After an ounce. In point of

fact. misspelled abbreviations.

a curse on the purse

that laid to waste

HENRY & his day

old

SOUP of heavenly

delight.


i have an EYE to

expand,

unable & un

willingly

average. without the light

Of

Delight. Of a daring escape

artist composer

trapping

fireflies in eardrums

& the

SYMPHONY of a THOUSAND

four wheel drives. Dusting

off the violin penis size

boiler

plate

ligaments

wound around

the neck tattoo

parking lot. an

intention

square root. dismissed.

missed.

Used. Grief stricken

bass solo. i had to glisten

to be a typhoon.


No Kind of Criteria


Coming to blows,

AVANT guarding angels

sniffing

AIRPLANE GLUE.


soothing lotions

up to the eyeballs

& w/ curmudgeon

folding feathered

paper, let a touch

be the guide to

an approaching

seat. rivers RUN

through

visions wooded,

fenced off

j

e

s

t

e

r

pulls a face to the

water’s surface,

abandoning blood

curdling,

swimming,

race car driver

left in the supermarket.

tears/

fears / peer pressure

skimming.


potassium production expo


queen of meaty palms

     panning LeFt

           cross = iNG      landscape

suicidal                  telepathic 

                 muse

   , fearless ogre chuckles

                                  BRIGHTLY

                      [!] Across centuries

of polar paranoia

, rechristened zombies

  murmur thumping

  genealogical suites

                            [?] Lisps

poison LAW,less igloo

                  / diametrically

                    unabashed     /

           perversity at the equator

& sullen chirping

                manhole cover

                in silhouette.


Joshua Martin is a Philadelphia based writer and filmmaker, who currently works in a library. He is the author of the books combustible panoramic twists (Trainwreck Press), Pointillistic Venetian Blinds (Alien Buddha Press) and Vagabond fragments of a hole (Schism Neuronics). He has had numerous pieces published in various journals including Otoliths, M58, The Sparrow’s Trombone, Coven, Scud, Ygdrasil, RASPUTIN, Ink Pantry, and Synchronized Chaos. You can find links to his published work at joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com