I am in this low—slung sports car painted a deep, rich yellow driving under an Italian sun. I have a British accent. I’m wearing dark shades

We were in the air twenty minutes when she took a mirror out of her purse and began to make up her face, mostly the eyes. She worked at her eyes with a small brush, concentrating on the...

consistency is terrific: shark-mouth grubby interior with an almost perfect body, long blazing hair—

Katherine stayed 4 or 5 more days. We had reached the time of the month when it was risky for Katherine to fuck. I couldn’t stand rubbers. Katherine got some contraceptive foam. Meanwhi...

cigarettes wetted with beer from the night before you light one gag open the door for air

This is advance notice that it is proposed to remove you from the Postal Service or to take such other disciplinary action as may be determined to be appropriate. The proposed action is...

I know a woman who keeps buying puzzles Chinese puzzles blocks

at exactly 12:00 midnight 1973-74 Los Angeles it began to rain on the palm leaves outside my window

That night I gave another bad reading. I didn’t care. They didn’t care. If John Cage could get one thousand dollars for eating an apple, I’d accept $500 plus air fare for being a lemon....

the dead can sleep they don’t get up and rage they don’t have a wife. her white face like a flower in a closed

One night my father took me on his milk route. There were no longer any horsedrawn wagons. The milk trucks now had engines. After loading up at the milk company we drove off on his rout...

luxury ocean liners crossing the water full of the indolent and rich passing from this place to that

R.O.T.C. (Reserve Officer Training Corps) was for the misfits. Like I said, it was either that or gym. I would have taken gym but I didn’t want people to sec the boils on my back. There...