#AmericanWriters
this man sometimes forgets who he is. sometimes he thinks he’s the Pope. other times he thinks he’s a
I was asked to give a reading at a famous nightclub, The Lancer, on Hollywood Boulevard. I agreed to read two nights. I was to follow a rock group, The Big Rape, each night. I was getti...
if you’re a man, Los Angeles is w… battle; or if you’re a woman, and… the rest, you sail it against a mo… when you grow grey you can hide in… in a mansion so nobody can see how…
Of all the guys left in the neighborhood, Frank was the nicest. We got to be friends, we got to going around together, we didn’t need the other guys much. They had more or less kicked F...
love, he said, gas kiss me off kiss my lips kiss my hair my fingers
hey, said my friend, I want you to… Hangdog Harry, he reminds me of y… and I said, all right, and we went… this cheap hotel. old men sitting around watching
turmoil is the god madness is the god permanent living peace is permanent living death. agony can kill
all right, while we are gently cel… and while crazy classical music le… my small radio, I light a fresh ci… and realize that I am still very m… the 21st century is almost upon me…
I have been looking at the same lampshade for 5 years and it has gathered
my father always said, “early to b… early to rise makes a man healthy,… and wise.” it was lights out at 8 p.m. in our… and we were up at dawn to the smel…
I hear them outside: “does he always type this late?” “no, it’s very unusual.” “he shouldn’t type this
Born like this Into this As the chalk faces smile As Mrs. Death laughs As the elevators break
stew at noon, my dear; and look: the ants, the sawdust, the mica plants, the shadows of banks like bad jokes; do you think we’ll hear
the blazing shark wants my balls as I walk through the meat section looking for salami and cheese purple housewives
believe in earning one’s own way but I also believe in the unexpect… gift and it is a wondrous thing when a woman who has read your wor…