epidermis


poetry journal


Issue #1, Winter 2007





in this issue

jim leftwich - jukka-pekka kervinen - dan waber - sheila e. murphy - 
peter ganick - john m. bennett 







jim leftwich


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12.11.06




MILITARY STRATEGY


Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
But there are
Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
The Iraqi government
Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
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Military strategy for Iraq
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12.13.06

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dan waber

caffeine, nicotine, and benzedrine

sexpert and perkylargoing,
going gonervous tensiontilly lace
in the hole in onederfull
to capacity for two be or not to be
near me and my shadownut case 
in point of view to a killjoy
ride of your life, liberty, 
and the pursuit of 
happinessturtiumbrellephantastickled
pinky ring around the rosie,
pocket full of posey, 
ashes, ashes we all fall down fall in
love slaving over a hot stoverieson
moon and starstruck a match made in heavent 
your frustrationtil death do us part 
and parcelibacy shells down by the sea 
shore 'nuff, that's powerful stuffair
of the heartifice, brutality and
innocincear loberonestliasontendrematic
pneumatic neurotic erotican I buy you a
drink up and at 'embarrassmental
breakdown and outside chance encounter
point of no return, turn, turn
stylize like a rug burn, baby burnin'
down the house rules of the roadeoh my
my aching back and forthcoming and going
too far away look out, in, out of sight
seeing is believing the scene of the
crime of passion fruit pie in the sky
light of my life preservertigo out on a
limbone to picket fenced innuendon't
go await, did you hear that, this is sure
stirring up some ghosts for meeting of the
minds over matter of factor of 
two much too little too latentangle of
entrymendousk to dawning of the age 
of consentimental processpool our
resources researches and resurges
to the lead me by the handle me with 
carry onward and upward of the state
of minding the story book romance novelteasy
does it feel good night in shining 
armorcenarelease on life long commitmental
patience is a virtuoso, what's your point
of no return to sender my love of a lifetime 
is of the essence of humore or lessen the loaded
gun shy aweight of the world on my shoulders 
the burden of iniquitease me all night long
and hard to handull the senses the dangerous
to your health and welfair play on words of
wisdumbfoundead on arrivalremove to the beat 
of a different drummermurmaid to order in the 
courtship of fools rush in where angels fear 
to tread water fall to pieces together
foreverything is coming up roses are red,
violets are blue moon, you saw me standing 
alonesome like it hot in the city tonights 
the nights in white satin sheet music soothes
the savage beast of edenchantresstless is morening
has broken hearts on fire fight the urgent message
of love me truth or dare to be different to ownly
the lonely the good die young and the
restlessnessessitea time goes by the book of love
honor and obey the laws of graviteal blue bayou 
and I for an eyes closed for the seasons change
your waysidetracked down on your kneeasy money
doesn't grow on trees of knowledge to jump
from me to you and yourselfesteem to blow off
and on time and time against all odds and 
evensomeone to care aboutside it's raining
cats and dogsled racing against the clock working
for a living on the edge of nightingale force
winds of change for the better late than 
neverythink about it very carefully developed
to the fullest potentially dangerous curves
ahead of our time is running out of your mind
is made upsidedownslide into first, last, and 
always on my mind your manners of speaking
in tongues wagging tailspinning top of the
classee for your self respectickled to death
before dishonourable discharge into battle
of the sexespressoft, what light from yonder
window breaks into a run on sentanced to death
of hope springs eternally yours mine and ours 
and minutes to memories of my youthfulfill
a prophecy to shining sea of love is a drug and
I need to score a direct hit me with your best
shot in the darkness on the edge of town hall
of fame and fortune and glory patrician societea
service station in life in the fast lane change
of clothes make the man of the worldly 
possession obsession dimension
diminishing return me on a scale of one to ten
to once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered
weak and wearetreat me with respect yourself
hypnosistematic tock goes the clock on the wall
of sound the depths of deceit of my pants suit
and tie me up, tie me down and dirty water 
under the bridge across forevery time you go
away you take a piece of me with youniversal
law and order of the day to day after day in 
day out in left field of dreams come true to 
formulate late for a very important date with 
an angel eyes on the prize possession is nine 
tenths of the law of the desert born under a
bad signed sealed and delivered, I'm yours
mine and ours is not to question why, our's is
but to do or die trying to make sense of it all
you need is love on a farmboy's wages of singles
barring any unforseen catastropheline grace
of god allmighty mouseketears on my pillow talk
is cheap thrills and chills me to the bone of 
contension headaching back me up on this magic
moment of truth be told enough to know better 
off dead or alive and kicking of england of the
free, home of the brave new world without end
amen, amen at working for the weekend of the world
as we know it, and I feel fine and dandelion wine
women and songbird of my youth is wasted on the
young and the restless slumbourbon streetcar
named desireprise winning isn't everything, 
it's the only things are not always as they appear
pressurize and fall out of favorites of spring
fever pitch yaw and roll me away in a manger
no crib for a bed down for the nighthawkward
momentwine me dine me myself and I just don't
know any more than this is it ain't the meat it's
the motion sickness and in healthy wealthy and wise
beyond my years of experience is what you get when
you didn't get what you wanteddy bear the burden
of proof positive reinforcements are on the way
of the mystic mistook mistaken identity crisis
management by objection sustained glass
bottomed boat people say I'm crazy, doin' what
I'm doin' time loves a heroic epicurean delightning
strikes a pose a question authoriteeter on the brink
of sanity maintainence man about town drunk and
disorderly conductoriadoor belle of the ball 
and chainge for the better late than never say die 
the little death be not proud father son and holy
ghost in the macheena of the jungle gymnasiumbilicle
chordoroyal jelly belly button your lip service
with a smiles away from home is where the heart
is you is or is you ain't my baby?




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oh

oh my god
oh my gosh
oh, by gosh, by golly, it's time for mistletoe and holly
oh what a tangled web we weave
oh captain my captain
oh my stars and garters
oh Canada
oh wait a minute
oh you think so?
oh I get it
oh I see
oh I see how it is
oh so that's how it's going to be, eh
oh yeah
oh yeah
oh for christ's sake
oh for pete's sake
oh for fuck's sake
oh for cryin' out loud
oh sweet jesus
oh for crying in a bucket
oh happy day
oh by the way
oh great
oh what now?
oh shut up
oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
oh The Grand Old Duke of York, 
   He had 10,000 men
   He marched them up to the top of the hill,  
   And he marched them down again
oh Calcutta
oh Tannenbaum, oh tannenbaum, wie trausen deine bladder
oh Christmas tree oh Christmas tree
oh say can you see
oh what night, late September back in '63
oh, oh oh oh, oh, oh you don't have to go, oh oh, oh oh
oh I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay
oh Susannah, oh don't you cry for me
oh ho ho, it's magic, you know, never believe it's not so
oh the camptown ladies sing this song, do dar, do dar
oh bla di, oh bla da, life's goes on, bra. la la how the life goes on
oh lord please don't let me be misunderstood
oh what a beautiful morning 
oh what a beautiful day
oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
oh Sherry, our love, Holds on, holds on
oh Life, is bigger, It's bigger than you, And you are not me 
oh Danny boy
oh give it up
oh foo
oh crap
oh merciful crap
oh shucks
oh dang
oh well
oh wow
oh cool
oh yes
oh no
oh duh
oh my
oh ho
oh god
oh lord
oh hell
oh shit
oh fuck
oh daddy
oh right
oh sure
oh okay
oh really
oh man
oh lordy
oh tay panky
oh piss
oh pish
oh joy
oh baby
oh baby
oh baby
oh behave
oh bituary
oh verload
oh pinion
oh rion
oh pen
oh shun
oh men
oh ker
oh der
oh b.g.y.n.
oh c.d.
oh e.d.
oh t.
oh d.
oh k.

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sheila e. murphy

Sixpulse


1/


Awareness divides awareness subdivides into
Awareness well respected in community
Trinity's infused with trinity, a book made
Pliable warm smooth bedroll so forth

Are there fewer lanes free
Here song spined deflected off
(soft voice) the chattel
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            extended extrasensory per-
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Twist       (loquacity)

                 Living wage
                 (come back)


2/


Opulence (a lance) capsized wants water
trebling through ounce after various
announcements (novocaine) insular and
bright shift oversight the landed gentry
generally preserve their rights (scratch)
mistakenly online (aligned) beside (astride)
terrible two (th'ache) tryable looms
terrible twofold interviews (the few)
admitted to the bar (the barre)
wherefore art (thou) over lord it over me
a taller version to a tee to work with me
these listless few arrears to be (in
jeopardy) minced words (by glove)
remember thee as if whole cities kissed
with me the clutter's sea and world

is a wound a simpler entity than your
prescient body how about the choir lodged
in the rafters copters whir and what about
the roundabout the everaft - and glove
box taupe in kilter self-pres - distinct
from cold streak nonetheless cold anonymity
quiescent as aglow few filters would
wear off


3/


and now the individual crushed gravel path
as road the welter weight evangelist the
clockwise fate, the droning spate of
text left of the hovercraft the sheaf of
pages widow fully vested left during my
few days there (his papers, where?)

there are never hours
unless I take them
you sleep artfully
may I take your photograph
give me the opportunity
to improvise
a histogram won't do
you justice qualitatively
a quotient can't
untie us
do you take communion
and if so how
often
                 Catholics would say
                 "receive"
                 (this man)


4/


Ownership's a ruse (I tattle on
the rattler near the bank

one shot of caf - or two     (Baptism of
                              bio
treble viola bass
clef  (Mother
                       drapes closed upon
                       the sycamore
                       now gone
                       fall whispers
                       shut also
the office said
in mute lights daily
in its stead
malt violet slow
to business route through
fated roads (imploding)
variously found free
revenue the two young
barristas over talked
our vein of voting
sub-machine (dens ex-)


5/


a hexagram is full of throes

if germs of text
are right I will
have scribed all night
the wilted snow
may linger where
steps fall to individual
lined flatness
in a Caribbean low
point glow worm
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6/


renditional confiteor emotes
with depth - imperiled feeling

      Because I write to him and of (thus)
      Focusing neglects negates browbeating
      He occurs beneath the wind chimes of
      Incessant let-happen or
      allow to pass the empathy of world

      I don't think therapies
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                             plated gimmicks render
                             overcast assemblages
      the downside of commitment is contempt
      wry forms of kneeling question
      livestock, pinwheels, novocaine, symmetry,
      enlargements, cinders, rinses, pluck

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            camisole and dowry
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his daughter struggles to endure daylight




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john m. bennett

SIX KNOT SONNETS

 
S weep

bock or box bloxed        oulder past the san
a ,w heel shu nner        e  .dry you won an
boo ter mite mail        lapping at yr sleek c
he box gag no strum s pilled into the hole the
whole need le s        er whistling to ward t
heek an bun tun        ,m ate g ristle ,g rey
fry yr snake b        a w hammer toluene

d you crept for        mmer beneath the bed
trill a file of ants        reamer an doo mer an
ram an bee p an b        ken whiff nor shore
.sugar tryst a ,scor e cap sols blood briner
,a nabber sun        roach the single
.down er an d        .num b nug gets ,b
dau ber an di        tears inside yr nos

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Do

bee t me up per        don e h ole an lig
t dimly booming at t        a sprawler test an
er dit ch ras py        l skinly at the spoon
.chow der matic ,guzzle me at p hone the
lad der clod  .how        nug guts in yr fist
an rustle in yr socks        he gr ease s mould
c ashed it out        s hatted c hum gus

h t s allow skin        hair was hot with oil
.floater nigh  .ran        rt fog crowds in
the apartment ho        ing  .the long dirt
.bum an bleat an burn an bowel an blate an
business of the tun        use you c lash Hole
log the land ski        cid collapsement by
tactile on yr c        ning the b room wasp

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Sorta seen

not c hop h alf n        lip me offa you
t cheesey in the s        .the d rag b log twis
chained an lush  .t        an cue an quit an
needles a ,an  a  cub e  junk ,mista fai lure hoo
P an cus an c rap         rust me haha ,bloood
quiet like a fun nel       lack gushed snockers
ted an srung out ,c        ot d roop c alf no

.bog phone your ,f        w b lazing in the corn er
like 2X4 ,an b        left oh beamer mute o
g the goop nut        f an woo f an so ot
sonk an ream wrong the slank day you cus
tard satter  !roo        !beam cong an hung
her sang w hat's         lasted wrassled don
h sinker shad o        lag "gristle" chewed

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Cut

the creamed hill dr        or twisted with your s
t shopping s core and        r skull lint  .your run
shooter up yr cras        coughed ,wasn't it or s
oils inside yr ears bunched up side yr eyes like
gun stammer ,c hock        hing b ill s tunner b
top the chiseling of y        a suit flood bail the
flame yr towel clam        ones be neath me ha

pit lung  .save the h        reaming mud yr facial sore
e ,not e run t ,wa        hat f lock d rabs the
r h air an butt ons        rum b eating on yr s
!boom hun t an t rip w ash an le ash fun dus t
brights the sala d d        ,ape that s pill age m eat
calp  !moldy pen w        ffle s lathered with y
s s lope the d        umming fog  !g land tub

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W ail

ha hi he ho ha hu        me one  !nodding at t
he s lugger t wrench        rust ,nekkid rug ah b
red shonely d ragg        last the corn er mold  .yr
shoulder an a c lop nor th  .s hot s hade ,d one
peel ,found er p        ing cr ass the field yr
tuner can yr bat        waisted glue you matt e
east container  !file        mu went an b ached t

he s hiner you sus        bricken soup yr s lit s lop
dle of yr shorts  .b        .cough the doorup ,mas
crus t h opper p hon        s lackers ungu wiggly
.dog ton the ,b ladder s cowl ,a nest to me you
off all yr rabbi t        e an c reep an c aw
draining in the s ink         lind I was I'm ,dee ping
t the hairy ears an        tain the crubhouse bun

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B lows

nut gutS an dim fee      ile no more nor w
whalE needle for ,yr     ial scunning w ash tha
why you sCumBag n        ed the choke short wad
my sangwich wheedle ,a kinder ponder dump
dunck  .the came rain     eddie chained then to
dled b last yr fac    por t c rack wrinkles
t yr whammy  ?r       T an chee s corN

aft the c lotting     banger mile yr chokE huMp 
belly like a nut     dding at the seat yr
lown across the s        d runny than an ass
urning an yr lunch a a c harred dance sof
ter than a sala      treet the window b
hole ah ya no       cake yr shirt b
focus storms yr        deck  .chewing in yr

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Edited Jukka-Pekka Kervinen
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Espoo, Finland, 2007