liked D . H. Lawrence he could get so indignant he snapped and he ripped with wonderfully energetic sentenc… he could lay the word down

I paid this one’s fare all the way… to San Francisco then flew up to meet her at her br… and I got drunk and talked all night about a redhe…

with old cars, especially when you… and drive them for many years a love affair is inevitable: you even learn to accept their little

the ladies of summer will die like… and the lie the ladies of summer will love so long as the price is not forever

We were eating meatballs and spaghetti. My problems were always discussed at dinner time. Dinner time was almost always an unhappy time. I didn’t answer my father’s question. “Henry, an...

we were in bed and she started to fight: “you son of a bitch! you just wait… I’ll get you!” I began laughing:

The reading in Vancouver went through, $500 plus air fare and lodging. The sponsor, Bart Mcintosh, was nervous about crossing the border. I was to fly to Seattle, he’d meet me there and...

It was noon the next day when the phone rang. It was Lydia again. I heard a long insane wail like a wolverine shot in the arctic snow and left to bleed and die alone. . . . I slept most...

feet of cheese coffeepot soul hands that hate poolsticks eyes like paperclips I prefer red wine

she’s from Texas and weighs 103 pounds and stands before the mirror combing oceans of reddish hair

Meanwhile, there was still Joyce, and her geraniums, and a couple of million if I could hang on. Joyce and the flies and the geraniums. I worked the night shift, 12 hours, and she pawed...

In the morning Dee Dee drove me to the Sunset Strip for breakfast. The Mercedes was black and shone in the sun. We drove past the billboards and the nightclubs and the fancy restaurants...

when I look back now at the abuse I took from her I feel shame that I was so innocent,