all I’ve ever known are whores, ex… madwomen. I see men with quiet, gentle women—I see them in the sup… I see them walking down the street… I see them in their apartments: pe…

he met her at the racetrack, a str… blonde with round hips, well-bosom… turned-up nose, flower mouth, in a… wearing white high-heeled shoes. she began asking him questions abo…

you came out, she said, and then you kicked this guy’s car and then you threw yourself into a… you crushed the whole bush,

in the slow Mexican air I watched… and they cut off his ear, and his… no more terror than a rock. driving back the next day we stopp… and watched the golden red and blu…

there he is: not too many hangovers not too many fights with women not too many flat tires never a thought of suicide

after the slaughter house there was a bar around the corner and I sat in there and watched the sun go down through the window,

as the spirit wanes the form

if I suffer at this typewriter think how I’d feel among the lettuce-pickers of Salinas?

the weather is hot on the back of… which is down at Finkelstein’s who is gifted with 3 balls but no heart, but you’ve got to un… when the bull goes down

a single dog walking alone on a hot sidewalk of summer appears to have the power of ten thousand gods.

he hooked to the body hard took it well and loved to fight had seven in a row and a small fle… over one eye,

I never wear dark shades but this red head went to get a prescription filled on Hollywood… and she kept haggling and working… me, snapping and snarling.