#Americans #XXCentury #1977 #LoveIsADogFromHell
the drifting of the mind. the slow loss, the leaking away. one’s demise is not very interesting. from my bed I watch 3 birds through the… one coal black, one dark brown, the
#1993 #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned
in the men’s room at the track this boy of about 7 or 8 years old came out of a stall
So I was surprised when the phone rang… “Just sitting around. ...” “Why don’t you come over?” “I’d like to. ...” She gave me the address, it was either…
#1978 #Women
had her for 3 units and at mid-term she’d read off how many assignments stories had been turned in:
the night I was going to die I was sweating on the bed and I could hear the crickets and there was a cat fight outside and I could feel my soul dropping down t…
the dead can sleep they don’t get up and rage they don’t have a wife. her white face like a flower in a closed
#1973 #BurningInWaterDrowningInFlame #CrucifixInADeathhand
Long walks at night— that’s what good for the soul: peeking into windows watching tired housewives trying to fight off
dogs and angels are not very different. I often go to this place to eat about 2:30 in the afternoon
#1977 #LoveIsADogFromHell
all the women all their kisses the different ways they love and talk and need. their ears they all have
here things are tough but they’re mostly always tough. basically I’m just trying to get along with the female. when you first meet them their eyes
I laugh sometimes when I think about say Céline at a typewriter or Dostoevsky... or Hamsun...
another bed another woman more curtains another bathroom another kitchen
screen like a burglar to take your life… the snake had crawled the hole, and she said, tell me about yourself.
We had a 3:30 pm flight out of Los Angeles that Saturday. At 2 pm I went up and knocked on Tammie’s door. She wasn’t there. I want back to my place and sat down. The phone rang. It was ...
live alone in a small room and read the newspapers and sleep alone in the dark dreaming of crowds.