#1993 #AmericanWriters #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned
the swans drown in bilge water, take down the signs, test the poisons, barricade the cow from the bull,
screen like a burglar to take your… the snake had crawled the hole, and she said, tell me about yourself.
my doctor has just come into his o… from surgery. he meets me in the men’s john. “God damn,” he says to me, “where did you find her? oh, I jus…
escape from the black widow spider is a miracle as great as art. what a web she can weave slowly drawing you to her she’ll embrace you
I met an old drunk on the street one afternoon. I used to know him from the days with Betty when we made the rounds of the bars. He told me that he was now a postal clerk and that there...
no way back to Barcelona. the green soldiers have invaded th… madmen rule Spain and during a heat wave in 1952 I b… no way back to the Rock of Gibral…
Office of Postmaster—United States Post Office—January 1, 1970 The attention of all employees is directed to the Code of Ethics for postal employees as set forth in Part 742 of the Post...
It’s never quite right, he said, t… the way the music sounds, the way… written. It’s never quite right, he said, a… taught, all the loves we chase, al…
one of the terrible things is really being in bed night after night with a woman you no longer
sick with the flu drinking beer my radio on loud enough to overcome the sounds of the
I don’t know how it happens to people. I had child support, need for something to drink, rent, shoes, shirts, socks, all that stuff. Like everyone else I needed an old car, something to...
I was shacked with a 24 year old girl from New York City for two weeks—about the time of the garbage
if you’re going to try, go all the way. otherwise, don’t even start. if you’re going to try, go all the way.
I’ve watched this city burn twice in my lifetime and the most notable event was the reaction of the politicians in the
Cleo’s going to make it now she’s got her shit together she split with Barney Barney wasn’t good for her she got a bigger apartment