barton smock : Writing

two Machines

two Machines

A Poem by barton smock


SECOND MACHINEI watch movies naked and lightning tattoos god into becoming an addict. ~~~~~BELONGING MACHINEGodup latewith silentbabies
communions, communions

communions, communions

A Poem by barton smock


A 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..
trances for scarecrow

trances for scarecrow

A Poem by barton smock


I smoke a joint. Lean on a horse. See a ghost see my brother. Death regrets thinking on death. Some los..
COMMUNIONS

COMMUNIONS

A Poem by barton smock


I 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...
APARTURES

APARTURES

A Poem by barton smock


Two birds with one deer. Touch is touch teaching touch the backstroke. The nude think snow can die.
COMMUNIONS

COMMUNIONS

A Poem by barton smock


We 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..
kneeling in the ghost hospital emptiness machine

kneeling in the ghost hospital emptiness machine

A Poem by barton smock


no surgeriesa performativegodfullyaloneseedless angelsa lot of touching
HARKENING

HARKENING

A Poem by barton smock


I 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..
responsoria

responsoria

A Poem by barton smock


I 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.
responsoria

responsoria

A Poem by barton smock


The 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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