had her for 3 units and at mid-term she’d read off how many assignment… stories had been turned in:

twitching in the sheets— to face the sunlight again, that’s clearly trouble. I like the city better when the

Wagner wasn’t done with us. I was standing in the yard during gym class when he walked up to me. “I’m putting you on garbage detail until further notice.” The kids had to work off their...

Sunday, I am eating a grapefruit, church is over at the… Orthadox to the west. she is dark

as the spirit wanes the form

Abe Mortenson was had enough to be around but he was just a fool. You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn’t deceive anybody. It’s the deceivers who make y...

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

On Thanksgiving Iris prepared the turkey and put it in the oven. Bobby and Valerie came over for a few drinks but they didn’t stay. It was refreshing. Iris had on another dress, just as...

I had to fly to Illinois to give a reading at the University. I hated readings, but they helped with the rent and maybe they helped sell books. They got me out of east Hollywood, they g...

if I suffer at this typewriter think how I’d feel among the lettuce-pickers of Salinas?

I had this room in front on DeLon… and I used to sit for hours in the daytime looking out the front window.