she’s young, she said, but look at me, I have pretty ankles, and look at my wrists, I have pret… wrists

it was Philly and the bartender sa… what and I said, gimme a draft, J… got to get the nerves straight, I’… going to look for a job. you, he s… a job?

she cut my toenails the night befo… and in the morning she said, “I th… just lay here all day.” which meant she wasn’t going to wo… she was at my apartment—which mean…

sick with the flu drinking beer my radio on loud enough to overcome the sounds of the

I went upstairs to 409, had a stiff scotch and water, took some money out of the top drawer, went down the steps, got in my car and drove to the racetrack. I got there in time for the f...

murder the roaches spit out paper clips and the helicopter circles and cir… smelling for blood

That night I managed to get 2 or 3 drinks into Cecelia. She forgot herself and crossed her legs high and I saw some good heavy flank. Durable. A cow of a woman, cow’s breasts, cow’s eye...

I stop my car at the signal I see her walking past the graveya… as she walks past the iron fence I can see through the iron fence and I see the headstones

I had Fridays and Saturdays off, which made Sunday the roughest day. Plus the fact that on Sunday they made me report at 3:30 p.m. instead of my usual 6:18 p.m. This Sunday I went in an...

we talk about this film: Cagney fed this broad grapefruit faster than she could eat it and

I’m in bed. it’s morning and I hear: where are your socks? please get dressed!

the canaries were there, and the l… and the old woman with warts; and I was there, a child and I touched the piano keys as they talked—