#1993 #AmericanWriters #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned
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
I wait on life like a pregnancy, p… the gut but all I hear now is the piano slamming its teeth throu… brain
My father had two brothers. The younger was named Ben and the older was named John. Both were alcoholics and ne’er-do-wells. My parents often spoke of them. “Neither of them amount to a...
R.O.T.C. kept me away from sports while the other guys practiced every day. They made the school teams, won their letters and got the girls. My days were spent mostly marching around in...
Sam the whorehouse man has squeaky shoes and he walks up and down the court squeaking and talking to
big sloppy wounded dog hit by a car and walking toward the curbing making enormous sounds
cigarettes wetted with beer from the night before you light one gag open the door for air
look there. the one you considered killing you… for. you saw her the other day getting out of her car
listen, he said, you ever seen a b… bucket? no, I told him. well, what happens is that now and… will climb up on top of the others
I had begun to dislike my father. He was always angry about something. Wherever we went he got into arguments with people. But he didn’t appear to frighten most people; they often just ...
call it th e green house effect or… but it just doesn’t rain like it used to. particularly remember the rains of… depression era.
“Be quiet. Don’t wake Dancy. She’s my daughter. She’s 6 years I had a 6-pack of beer. Tammie put it in the refrigerator and came out with two bottles. “My daughter mustn’t see anything....
there is always that space there just before they get to us that space that fine relaxer the breather
by God, I don’t know what to do. they’re so nice to have around. they have a way of playing with the balls
boy, don’t come around here tellin… can’t cut it, that they’re pitching you low and insid… they are conspiring against you, that all you want is a chance but…