she writes: you’ll be moaning and groaning in your poems about how I fucked those 2 guys last week.

I have a saying, “the tough ones a… back.” but Vera was kinder than most, and so I was surprised when she arrived that night

red-eyed and dizzy as I the bird came flying all the way from Egypt at 5 o’clock in the morning, and Maria almost stumbled on her s…

A couple of nights later Becker walked in. I guess my parents gave him my address or he located me through the college. I had my name and address listed with the employment division at ...

in the center of the action you have to lay down like an anima… until it charges, you have to lay down

he carried a piece of carbon, a blade and a whip and at night he feared his head and covered it with blankets

The rainy season began. Most of the money went for drink so my shoes had holes in the soles and my raincoat was torn and old. In any steady downpour I got quite wet, and I mean wet-down...

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...

light brown stare that dumb blank marvelous light brown stare I’ll take care of it.

I’m out of matches. the springs in my couch are broken. they stole my footlocker. they stole my oil painting of

Then I started attending Mt. Justin Jr. High. About half the guys from Delsey Grammar School went there, the biggest and toughest half. Another gang of giants came from other schools. O...

A month went by. R.A. Dwight, the editor of Dogbite Press wrote and asked me to do a foreword to Keesing’s Selected Poems. Keesing, with the help of his death, was at last going to get ...

Joyce found a job with the county, the county Police Department, of all things. I was living with a cop! But at least it was during the day, which gave me a little rest from those fondl...