training table for John Belushi. By Ben Newell

Driving to work 

on this busy highway lined

with convenience stores.

MARATHON

FINISH LINE

XTRA MILE

A veritable avenue

of misnomers—

Not a runner in sight,

just a bunch of fat fucks 

buying . . . 

gasoline

coffee

cigarettes 

and

little chocolate donuts.  

Ben Newell dropped out of the Bennington Writing Seminars during his first semester, eventually resuming his studies at Spalding University where he earned an MFA.  His first full-length collection of poetry, Fuzzball, was recently published by Epic Rites Press.

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