I had boils the size of tomatoes all over me they stuck a drill into me down at the county hospital, and

people went into vacant lots and pulled up greens to cook and the men rolled Bull Durham or smoked Wings (10 a pack) and the dogs were thin and the cats were thin and the cats learned h...

I cut the middle fingernail of the… finger right hand real short and I began rubbing along her cunt

as the orchid dies and the grass goes insane, let’s have one for the los… met an old man and a tired whore

I had to fly to Illinois to give a reading at the University. I hated readings, but they helped with the rent and maybe they helped sell books. They got me out of east Hollywood, they g...

the house next door makes me sad. both man and wife rise early and go to work. they arrive home in early evening.

in the center of the action you have to lay down like an anima… until it charges, you have to lay down

was much easier to be a genius in… only 3 or 4 literary magazines and… or 5 times you could end up in Ger… you could possibly meet Picasso fo… maybe only Miró.

she’s from Texas and weighs 103 pounds and stands before the mirror combing oceans of reddish hair

The reading in Vancouver went through, $500 plus air fare and lodging. The sponsor, Bart Mcintosh, was nervous about crossing the border. I was to fly to Seattle, he’d meet me there and...

I began getting dizzy spells. I could feel them coming. The case would begin to whirl. The spells lasted about a minute. I couldn’t understand it. Each letter was getting heavier and he...

Then some men came around and ripped out every other water– fountain. “Hey, look, what the hell are they doing?” I asked. I was in the 3rd class flat section. I walked over to another c...

92 years old his tooth has been bothering him had to get it filled he lost his left eye 40 years ago