she died of alcoholism
wrapped in a blanket
on a deck chair
on an ocean
steamer.

sometimes you climb out of bed in
I’m not going to make it, but you
remembering all the times you’ve f
you walk to the bathroom, do your
in the mirror, oh my oh my oh my,

“Chinaski, you got a following in
Denver...”
“yeah?”
“yeah, I got a magazine and I wan
poems from you...”

There are sketches on the walls of
and outside a large green bus swer
insanity sprung from a waving line
says the radio, and Jane Austin,
"I am going to do her portrait on

Either peace or happiness,
let it enfold you
when I was a young man
I felt these things were
dumb, unsophisticated.

being the German kid in the 20’s i
was difficult.
there was much anti-German feeling
a carry-over from World War 1.
gangs of kids chased me through th

here they come
these guys
grey truck
radio playing
they are in a hurry

there are worse things than
being alone
but it often takes decades
to realize this
and most often

—he’s a dandy
—small moustache
—usually sucking on a cigar
he tends to lean into cars as he
transacts business

one of Lorca’s best lines
is,
“agony, always
agony ...”
think of this when you