They had me in the counselor’s office in one of the back rooms of the second floor. “Let me see how you look, Chinaski.” He looked at me. “All right, Mr. Chinaski, we’d like to know whe...

she undressed in front of me keeping her pussy to the front while I lay in bed with a bottle o… beer. where’d you get that wart on

I am hung by a nail the sun melts my heart I am cousin to the snake

you just don’t know how to do it, you know that, and you can’t do a lot of other useful things either. it’s the fault of the

The drilling and squeezing continued for weeks but there was little result. When one boil vanished another would appear. I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a...

I stayed five days and nights. Then I couldn’t get it up any more. Joanna drove me to the airport. She had bought me a new piece of luggage and some new clothing. I hated that Dallas-Fo...

call it love stand it up in the failing light put it in a dress pray sing beg cry laugh

maybe I’ll win the Irish Sweepsta… maybe I’ll go nuts maybe Harcourt Brace will call or maybe unemployment insurance or rich lesbian at the top of a hill.

That evening after dinner Joanna produced some mescaline. “You ever tried this stuff?” Joanna had some paints and brushes and paper spread on the table. Then I remembered she was an art...

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

the wind blows hard to night and it’s a cold wind and I think about the boys on the row. hope some of them have a bottle

Mongolian coasts shining in light, listen to the pulse of the sun, the tiger is the same to all of us and high oh so high on the branch

twitching in the sheets— to face the sunlight again, that’s clearly trouble. I like the city better when the