barton smock
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two MachinesA Poem by barton smockSECOND MACHINEI watch movies naked and lightning tattoos god into becoming an addict. ~~~~~BELONGING MACHINEGodup latewith silentbabies |
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communions, communionsA Poem by barton smockA ghost sets itself on fire with a cigarette once lit to mark the end of emptiness. No one cares about my body. Touch still doesn’t know that sk.. |
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trances for scarecrowA Poem by barton smockI smoke a joint. Lean on a horse. See a ghost see my brother. Death regrets thinking on death. Some los.. |
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COMMUNIONSA Poem by barton smockI can count on my teeth the number of your teeth gone soft in the knees of boys. There’s nothing you could’ve done to make me beautiful... |
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APARTURESA Poem by barton smockTwo birds with one deer. Touch is touch teaching touch the backstroke. The nude think snow can die. |
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COMMUNIONSA Poem by barton smockWe had three good dogs. Three of my brothers shared a dress. Neighbors shook televisions to hear the ocean. Bones faked brokenness. It’s not h.. |
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kneeling in the ghost hospital emptiness machineA Poem by barton smockno surgeriesa performativegodfullyaloneseedless angelsa lot of touching |
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HARKENINGA Poem by barton smockI never have enough teeth in my mouth to love my brothers equally. They each have a tick full of blood to throw at a beehive. We form a band to hide o.. |
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responsoriaA Poem by barton smockI swim and the body means nothing.Nakedness. Hungry at its own feast.I should’ve touchedmore animals.There are no bombsif the dead give birth. |
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responsoriaA Poem by barton smockThe last beastI wishwe knewthe orderThere’s a crowcrying shapeunder my fingernailthat looksif you look at itlike a mapAngels make little daresbe.. |
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