#Americans #XXCentury #1993 #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned
she was sitting in the window of room 1010 at the Chelsea in New York, Janis Joplin’s old room. it was 104 degrees
I took women either to the boxing matches or to the racetrack. That Thursday night I took Katherine to the boxing matches at the Olympic auditorium. She had never been to a live fight. ...
feet of cheese coffeepot soul hands that hate poolsticks eyes like paperclips I prefer red wine
Meanwhile, there was still Joyce, and her geraniums, and a couple of million if I could hang on. Joyce and the flies and the geraniums. I worked the night shift, 12 hours, and she pawed...
by God, I don’t know what to do. they’re so nice to have around. they have a way of playing with the balls
Luckily I had auto insurance that paid for a rental car. I drove Katherine to the racetrack in it. We sat in the sundeck at Hollywood Park near the stretch turn. Katherine said she didn...
takes lot of desperation dissatisfaction and
But there were some good moments. My sometime friend from the neighborhood, Gene, who was a year older than I, had a buddy, Harry Gibson, who had had one professional fight (he’d lost)....
the higher you climb the greater the pressure. those who manage to endure learn
the sun slides down through the sh… have a pair of black shoes and a p… brown shoes. can hardly remember the girls of m… there is numb blood pulsing throug…
we are always asked to understand the other person’s viewpoint no matter how out—dated
yes, they begin out in a willow, I… the starch mountains begin out in… and keep right on going without re… pumas and nectarines somehow these mountains are like
in grievous deity my cat walks around he walks around and around with electric tail and
got into my BMW and drove down to… pick up my American Express Gold… told the girl at the desk what I wanted. you’re Mr. Chinaski,” she
know. I know. they are limited, have different needs and concerns. but I watch and learn from them.