Joshua Martin
Personalized Architectural Boundaries
t/u/r/n
s,l,a,c,k = city jAr
/ jaunty cigar
holder fuzz
bOx
manatee / ,
prescription IN a
ShEll
[hawk, plug, hug,
snug, snarky
electrical
cavity],
\ - - -
break PaD
SAw dUsT
abracadabra unity
FLuSH
- - - \,
,
striped pajama
hUnK :
H
A
R
K ! ,
‘whose
bow-legged scrunchy
manicured
Sunday blemishes
?’ , = = = = = / / / / /
(((
ark
coverlet
arch
enemy
scotty dOg
orange
pEEl
))),
, ; / /
! / ? /
e,a,c,h
revulsion > > >
escaping
flattened
engagement
r/i/n/g avoidance
w-e-a-t-h-e-r-e-d
ScOpE
[sun=dial] / / / /
leaking punching
bAg \ - - - h
E
l
D outer
realm spherical
alphabetic Coventry
- - - / :
hOP
hOOp
sPooN
sickening malfunction,
ing
diatribe
rOOf
/ / = | corner PoP eNvY
bLaST!!!!! | =
twisting familial
angst = /
\ ,
| junky squad
cAr
hemp beaver
t/r/a/p \ , , |
[sinister / oracle /
darkening
guitar r-i-f-f
,
/ black=
BOARD
skiing mantle
(
peevish
)
. . . . .
momentum
CHUM , milkman
shivering
pasted whimsy =
[shirt, glass,
window pane]
, , =
(‘what touching
mint
twirling
handlebar tweak
?’) ) ) ) ) [
\
guesthouse pointedly
sPRee = / , e/d/g/e / ,
h=o=o=k
h=e=a=v=e
puking colored
Zodiac endives
, . . . . .
splinter / dynamite
[,
variable
combover rattling
mountaineer
cOmBo
; | = wah-wah-wah /
bee-bop-shop-drop / / / / /
; | , ‘ache, mind &
reverberating hoist
!’ , ,
double jested
entendre , , = =
making rapid eyeLID
farTS
, speedometer locality
FaSt
fOOd
scarf , [
o/n/c/e
balmy ;;;;;
un=
install=ed
Last Supper Pancake Bliss
mangy
millennium
mambo cursive wallop
[!] : : : : : remembrances
spreading ethnographic
chapter breaks - - - therapeutic
torpedo - - -
> splinter
without cartographer’s wheelie < ,
diverse bitterness
prevails
(!)
counting crisis bicycles
, wearing an access
point
sketch,
sitting > > > > > declaring
skullduggery
mimeograph
cloudbursts
< < < < < , expected furniture
diagrams : : : : : all-around
troubling
rationalization
shambles : : : : :
semi-
dimensional toothache splashing
preventing teachable hurricanes
, shovels grazing
navel summation,
the blues conditioned
to ween > > > > >
residual desire could
emerge through vomiting
cultural upheaval
sullied Notational manicures
somewhat the sandwich despairs of floating
= [pontificating monsoon]
= ((((( louse ))))) = =
pretzel almond dynamic
, | jUmP , , , dogmatic dragonfly
summation cheesy guillotine |
:
p
O
p gOeS
the STuDy
rOOm : ; : ; :
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
older variable
striding
puppets
, Of an onion unionizing
rafters , , , , , , , , , , = = = = =
simplifying
pleasures,
change commodities
to IdeaS, , , , ,
resist
all sTaTiC
thinking &
ideologies : : :
scam political
thought :
[ALL!!!!!] , , , , every ounce
relocating habitual centrifugal
whiplash designations
daubed, an eyelash seeks revenge
sCoLd : : an ANTI-
earthquake SQuaD
foaming At MouTh =
gUaRd, , , , > >
delivering chEEsE
through severed organs > > , , , , ,
. . . . .
plagues oF mummied
zucchini : : : : :
who hath said, wary & distinguished,
‘please torch the vague earning
criteria lounging within a
dumBeLL’ : : : : :
. . . . .
critique:
NoMiNaTiOn,
bald-headed
tattle-tale
dispatch
OPERATOR,,,,,
[wallop!
scallop! placement
lEg
typewriter scarf . . .
. .
fried missionaries
vomiting routines . . .
. . touring pastiche slaughterhouse whiff
drowning, BLUR, systematic dream . . . . .
] , >
backgammon
MaP = gAmE =
choo-choo
monstrosity plugging central
agency
SWATCH , , ,
licking
dynamite grease
: : : | packaged numerical
vacuum doorframe
| : : :
KNOCK-
knock, , , ,
relegated cage-free
front desk
wisp, , , , ,
[scoop],
wearing dangling straightener
nodding offhand remark
studying kangaroo guts] , , , , ,
. . . . .
sloppy = = =
drunken pillowcase
dynamic reindeer
ghostly
spleen
, receptionist
signed handlebar
mustache
commemorative
plate , signaling
observed fables
, façade, , , ,
lifeless oVeN
clEAnER (a leper),
reverse locality
blank
Joshua Martin is a Philadelphia based writer and filmmaker, who currently works in a library. He is a member of C22, an experimental writing collective. He is the author most recently of the books O! fragmented glories (Argotist Ebooks), Prismatic Fissures (C22 Press), and peeping sardine fumes (RANGER Press). He has had numerous pieces published in various journals. You can find links to his published work at joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com