Scrape the Bottom of the Feet
EARTH
B
O
U
N
D
& down to
drown in
pieces of
self-indulgence.
A pretty insignificant
office party blew
the lid off the
gov’ts plans /
executions /
malfunctions.
No
ATTEMPT
At
PEACE
was ever
M
A
D
E
.
the saddest one
can jump
first.
European Art House Skyscraper
Facile dimensions like comet’s tail
end of the line stockyard crashes
brawlers
bailed OUT, simpering in
wetted state of
bliss
ful
pretending. My moon lacks
hands.
My THUMBS lack infernos. And,
inside a statement,
making amended CURTAINS
ruse meant having to become
inebriated. Alas! Alas!
Poor young cannibal
pretending to pose for
military photo album
curving manufacturing
CRISIS!
devils in EASTERN
European art house
skyscraper
built to reflect
orange. Pardon my
French loss.
Leaving
to regret
PanCAKE
makeUP
tip of the nose
& hesitating.
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 Train, Fugitives & Futurists, Otoliths, 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