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...

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,

“What’s a guy like you doing in a place like this?” We got into my car and she told me where she lived. We stopped for a couple of big steaks, vegetables, stuff for a salad, potatoes, b...

By the time they called me to dinner I was able to pull up my clothing and walk to the breakfast nook where we ate all our meals except on Sunday. There were two pillows on my chair. I ...

in San Francisco the landlady, 80… Victrola up the stairway and I pl… until they beat on the walls. there was a large bucket in the ce… filled with beer and winebottles;

she writes: you’ll be moaning and groaning in your poems about how I fucked those 2 guys last week.

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I’ve always had trouble with money. this one place I worked everybody ate hot dogs and potato chips

drunk and writing poems at 3 a.m. what counts now is one more tight

I went to my place, started drinking. I snapped on the radio and found some classical music. I got my Coleman lantern out of the closet. I turned out the lights and sat playing with the...

sick with the flu drinking beer my radio on loud enough to overcome the sounds of the