#1993 #AmericanWriters #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned
shot off his left ear then his right, and then tore off his belt buckle with hot lead, and then
I got in the shower and burned my balls last Wednesday. met this painter called Spain, no, he was a cartoonist,
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
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...
the old L.A. Public Library burn… down that library downtown and with it went large part of my
I suppose so. I was living in an attic in Phila… it became very hot in the summer a… bars. I didn’t have any money and… I put a small ad in the paper and…
That night I took Tammie to the harness races. We went upstairs to the second deck and sat down. I brought her a program and she stared at it a while. (At the harness races, past perfor...
During the second and third grades I still didn’t get a chance to play baseball but I knew that somehow I was developing into a player. If I ever got a bat in my hands again I knew I wo...
Every night was about the same. I’d drive along the coast looking for a place to have dinner. I wanted an expensive place that wasn’t too crowded. I developed a nose for those places. I...
let me speak as a friend although the centuries hang between us and neither you nor I can see the moon. be careful less the onion blind th…
There were continual fights. The teachers didn’t seem to know anything about them. And there was always trouble when it rained. Any boy who brought an umbrella to school or wore a rainc...
3 small boys run toward me blowing whistles and they scream you’re under arrest! you’re drunk!
the other day I’m out at the track betting Early Bird that’s when you bet at the track before it opens)
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
My drinking slowed down the next week. I went to the racetrack to get fresh air and sunshine and plenty of walking. At night I drank, wondering why I was still alive, how the scheme wor...