#1993 #AmericanWriters #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned
Two mornings later, at 4 am, somebody beat on the door. I let Tammie in. She sat down and I opened a couple of beers. “I’ve got bad breath, I have these two bad teeth. You can’t kiss me...
I never wear dark shades but this red head went to get a prescription filled on Hollywood… and she kept haggling and working… me, snapping and snarling.
sometimes after you get your ass kicked real good by the forces you often wish you were a crane standing on one leg in blue water
of late I’ve had this thought that this country has gone backwards or 5 de cades
the higher you climb the greater the pressure. those who manage to endure learn
I’m glad when they arrive and I’m glad when they leave I’m glad when I hear their heels approaching my door and I’m glad when those heels
I’ve watched this city burn twice in my lifetime and the most notable event was the reaction of the politicians in the
believe in earning one’s own way but I also believe in the unexpect… gift and it is a wondrous thing when a woman who has read your wor…
Marina Louise, Fay named the child. So there it was, Marina Louise Chinaski. In the crib by the window. Looking up at the tree leafs and bright designs whirling on the ceiling. Then she...
“you know,” she said, “you were at the bar so you didn’t see but I danced with this guy. we danced and we danced close.
Katherine stayed 4 or 5 more days. We had reached the time of the month when it was risky for Katherine to fuck. I couldn’t stand rubbers. Katherine got some contraceptive foam. Meanwhi...
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...
To end up alone in a tomb of a room without cigarettes or wine— just a lightbulb
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…
It was hot that night at the reading, which was to be held at St. Mark’s Church. Tammie and I sat in what was used as the dressing room. Tammie found a full-length mirror leaning agains...