he got knifed in broad daylight, c… holding his hands over his gut, dr… on the pavement. nobody waiting in line left their… he made it to the Mission doorway,…

when I was in grammar school my parents were poor and in my lunch bag there was only a peanut butter sandwich.

I came out of the bar and checked the message board. The plane was on time. Katherine was in the air and moving towards me. I sat down and waited. Across from me was a well-groomed woma...

half-past nowhere alone in the crumbling tower of myself stumbling in this the

the waste of words continues with a stunning persistence as the waiter runs by carrying the… tray

knew you were a bad-ass,” he said. you sat in the back of Art class a… you never said anything. then I saw you in that brutal figh… with the guy with the dirty yellow

the goldfish sing all night with g… and the whores go down with the st… the whores go down with the stars I’m sorry, sir, we close at 4:30, besides yr mother’s neck is dirty,

monkey feet small and blue walking toward you as the back of a building falls of… and an airplane chews the white sk…

this is important enough: to get your feelings down, it is better than shaving or cooking beans with garlic. it is the little we can do

The ex-Japanese wrestler who was into real estate sold Lydia’s house. She had to move out. There was Lydia, Tonto, Lisa and the dog, Bugbutt. In Los Angeles most landlords hang out the ...

Tammie came by that night. She appeared to be high on uppers. “I want some champagne,” she said. Then the phone rang. It was Lydia. “I just wondered how you were doing. ...” “You know D...