I went upstairs to 409, had a stiff scotch and water, took some money out of the top drawer, went down the steps, got in my car and drove to the racetrack. I got there in time for the f...

at North Avenue 21 drunk tank you slept… there was always some guy who would step… way to the crapper and then you would curse him good, set h… he would know enough to either be more c…

The funeral was to be at 10:30 a.m. but it was already hot. I had on a cheap black suit, bought and fitted in a rush. It was my first new suit in years. I had located the son. We drove ...

30 dogs, 20 men on 20 horses and one fox and look here, they write, you are a dupe for the state, the church… you are in the ego-dream, read your history, study the monetary sy…

“I’ve made it,” she said, “I’ve come through.” she had on new boots, pants and a white sweater. “I know what I want now.” she was from Chicago and had settled in L.A.’s Fairfax district.

he carried a piece of carbon, a blade and a whip and at night he feared his head and covered it with blankets

Then I developed a new system at the racetrack. I pulled in $3,000 in a month and a half while only going to the track two or three times a week. I began to dream. I saw a little house ...

monkey feet small and blue walking toward you as the back of a building falls off and an airplane chews the white sky,

are we going to the movies or not? she asked him. all right, he said, let’s go. I’m not going to put any pan ties on so you can finger-fuck me in the

the legs are gone and the hopes—the lava… and I haven’t shaved in sixteen days but the mailman still makes his rounds a… water still comes out of the faucet and… myself with glazed and milky eyes full o…

One day, just like in grammar school, like with David, a boy attached himself to me. He was small and thin and had almost no hair on top of his head. The guys called him Baldy. His real...

the droll noon where squadrons of worms creep up like stripteasers to be raped by blackbirds. I go outside

is the slim tall ear-ringed bedroom damsel dressed in a long gown

The drilling and squeezing continued for… result. When one boil vanished another w… of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly… my face in disbelief, then turn to exami… horrified. No wonder people stared, no w…