After English class one day Mrs. Curtis asked me to stay. She had great legs and a lisp and there was something about the legs and the lisp together that heated me up. She was about 32,...

as the spirit wanes the form

Cleo’s going to make it now she’s got her shit together she split with Barney Barney wasn’t good for her she got a bigger apartment

it was Philly and the bartender said what and I said, gimme a draft, Jim, got to get the nerves straight, I’m going to look for a job. you, he said, a job?

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

I got up for a glass of water and as I walked into the kitchen I saw Picasso walk up to Joyce and lick her ankle. I was barefooted and she didn’t hear me. She had on high heels. She loo...

the soldiers march without guns the graves are empty peacocks glide in the rain down stairways march great men smiling there is food enough and rent enough and

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

Want something to drink?" Marty asked. “I’ll have a beer,” I said. “I’ll have a Stinger,” said Tammie. “Get a seat for her, put her on the tab,… “All right. We’ll set her up. We’re S.…

she’s up seeing my doctor trying to get some diet pills; she’s not fat, she needs the speed. I go down to the nearest bar and wait. at 3:30 in the afternoon of a tuesday.