they don’t make it the beautiful die in flame— suicide pills, rat poison, rope, w… ever... they rip their arms off,

cigarettes wetted with beer from the night before you light one gag open the door for air

The next day Katherine phoned me. She said she had the tickets and would be landing at L.A. International Friday at 2:30 pm. “Katherine,” I said, “there’s something I’ve got to tell you...

drinking German beer and trying to come up with the immortal poem at 5 p.m. in the afternoon. but, ah, I’ve told the

drive to the beach at night in the winter and sit and look at the burned-dow… wonder why they just let it sit th… in the water.

with old cars, especially when you… and drive them for many years a love affair is inevitable: you even learn to accept their little

a house with 7 or 8 people living in it getting up the rent. there’s a stereo never used and a set of bongos

half drunk I left her place her warm blankets and I was hungover didn’t even know what town

we buy the scandal sheets at the s… get into bed and eat pretzels and… the church bells ring and the dogs… we turn on the tv and watch very b… then she goes down and brings up i…

I am in this low—slung sports car painted a deep, rich yellow driving under an Italian sun. I have a British accent. I’m wearing dark shades

had it for a year, really put in lot of bedroom time, slept upright on two pillows to keep from coughing, all the blood drained from my head

this man sometimes forgets who he is. sometimes he thinks he’s the Pope. other times he thinks he’s a