#AmericanWriters #1993 #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned
there are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often
When Jonstone saw me the next 5 a.m. he spun in his swivel and his face and his shirt were the same color. But he said nothing. I didn’t care. I had been up to 2 a.m. drinking and screw...
the problem, of course, isn’t the… it’s the living parts which make up the Dem… the next person you pass on the st… multiply
I used to take the back off the telephone and stuff it with ra… and when somebody knocked I wouldn’t answer and if they pers… I’d tell them in terms vulgar
My father had two brothers. The younger was named Ben and the older was named John. Both were alcoholics and ne’er-do-wells. My parents often spoke of them. “Neither of them amount to a...
Every route had its traps and only the regular carriers knew of them. Each day it was another god damned thing, and you were always ready for a rape, murder, dogs, or insanity of some s...
not much chance, completely cut loose from purpose, he was a young man riding a bus
you may not believe it but there are people who go through life with very little friction or
“...I’ve seen people in front of their typewriters in such a bind that it would blow their intestine… right out of their assholes if the… were trying to shit.”
Upon awakening I got up and used Joanna’s toothbrush, drank a couple of glasses of water, washed my hands and face and got back into bed. Joanna turned around and my mouth found hers. M...
it is not very good to not get through whether it’s the wall the human mind
The next morning Tammie found a prescription in her purse. “I’ve got to get this filled,” she said. “Look at it.” It was wrinkled and the ink had run. “Well, he tried to get this prescr...
looking out the window smoking rolled cigarettes drinking Sanka and watching the workers come on in
a symphony orchestra. there is a thunderstorm, they are playing a Wagner overture and the people leave their seats u… and run inside to the pavilion
call it love stand it up in the failing light put it in a dress pray sing beg cry laugh