Our English teacher, Miss Gredis, was the absolute best. She was a blonde with a long sharp nose. Her nose wasn’t much good but you didn’t notice it when you looked at the rest of her. ...

I hear them outside: “does he always type this late?” “no, it’s very unusual.” “he shouldn’t type this

I keep thinking it will be outside now waiting for me blue front bumper twisted

I feel gypped by dunces as if reality were the property of little men with luck and a headstart, and I sit in the cold

he’s a runt he snarls and scratches chases cars groans in his sleep and has a perfect star above each…

this is my piano. the phone rings and people ask, what are you doing? how about getting drunk with us? and I say,

On the elevator up, I was the only white man there. It seemed strange. They talked about the riots, not looking at me. “Jesus,” said a coal black guy, "it’s really something. These guys...

after the slaughter house there was a bar around the corner and I sat in there and watched the sun go down through the window,

I could see the road ahead of me. I was poor and I was going to stay poor. But I didn’t particularly want money. I didn’t know what I wanted. Yes, I did. I wanted someplace to hide out,...

I tried it standing up this time. it doesn’t usually work. this time it seemed

On Thursday night Bobby phoned again. “Hey, man, what are you doing?” “Oh, come on, man, I’ll just stay for a few beers. . . .” “You treat him mean. He gets lonely when his wife is at w...

I’m soft. I dream too. I let myself dream. I dream of being famous. I dream of walking the streets of London and