as the orchid dies and the grass goes insane, let’s have one for the los… met an old man and a tired whore

luxury ocean liners crossing the water full of the indolent and rich passing from this place to that

she had huge thighs and a very good laugh she laughed at everything and the curtains were yellow and I finished

Everybody had gym period at the same time. Baldy’s locker was about four or five down from mine in the same row. I went to my locker early. Baldy and I had a similar problem. We hated w...

Meanwhile, things went on. I had a long run of luck at the racetrack. I began to feel confident out there. You went for a certain profit each day, somewhere between 15 and 40 bucks. You...

drinking 15 dollar champagne— Cordon Rouge—with the hookers. one is named Georgia and she doesn’t like pantyhose: I keep helping her pull up

We got back to 1010. I had my check. I’d left word that we didn’t want to be disturbed. Tammie and I sat drinking. I’d read 5 or 6 love poems about her. “They knew who I was,” she said....

all of a sudden I’m a painter. a girl from Galveston gives me $50 for a painting of a man holding a candycane while floating in a darkened sky.

sometimes after you get your ass kicked real good by the forces you often wish you were a crane standing on one leg in blue water

live alone in a small room and read the newspapers and sleep alone in the dark dreaming of crowds.

the blazing shark wants my balls as I walk through the meat section looking for salami and cheese purple housewives

sun-stroked women without men on a Santa Monica Monday; the men are working or in jail or insane;