#1993 #AmericanWriters #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned
I took Tanya to Santa Anita. The current sensation was a 16 year old jockey still riding with his 5 pound bug advantage. He was from the east and was riding at Santa Anita for the first...
the essence of the belly like a white balloon sacked is disturbing like the running of feet on the stairs
let me speak as a friend although the centuries hang between us and neither you nor I can see the moon. be careful less the onion blind th…
the Egyptians loved the cat were often entombed with it instead of with the women and never with the dog but now
I go to pick her up. she’s on some errand. she always has errands many things to do. I have nothing to do.
are more beautiful than movie stars and they lounge on the lawn sunbathing
a single dog walking alone on a hot sidewalk of summer appears to have the power of ten thousand gods.
my father always said, “early to b… early to rise makes a man healthy,… and wise.” it was lights out at 8 p.m. in our… and we were up at dawn to the smel…
the higher you climb the greater the pressure. those who manage to endure learn
sitting on a 2nd-floor porch at 1:… while looking out over the city. could be worse. we needn’t accomplish great things…
I took the envelope home to my mother and handed it to her and walked into the bedroom. My bedroom. The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even ...
good weather is like good women— it doesn’t always happen and when it does
there he is: not too many hangovers not too many fights with women not too many flat tires never a thought of suicide
rose red sunlight; take it apart in the garage like a puzzle:
the wind blows hard to night and it’s a cold wind and I think about the boys on the row. hope some of them have a bottle