a symphony orchestra.there is a thunderstorm,they are playing a Wagner overtureand the people leave their seats under the treesand run inside to the pavilionthe women giggling, the men pretending calm,wet…

there is always that space there just before they get to us that space that fine relaxer the breather while say flopping on a bed thinking of nothing or say…

when God created love he didn’t help mostwhen God created dogs He didn’t help dogswhen God created plants that was averagewhen God created hate we had a standard utilitywhen God…

I should not have blamed only my father, but,he was the first to introduce me toraw and stupid hatred.he was really best at it: anything and everything made himmad-things of…

I’ve come by, she says, to tell youthat this is it. I’m not kidding, it’sover. this is it.I sit on the couch watching her arrangeher long red hair before my…

the higher you climbthe greater the pressure. those who manage toendurelearnthat the distancebetween thetop and thebottomisobscenelygreat. and those whosucceedknowthis secret:there isn’tone.

We are like roses that have never bothered tobloom when we should have bloomed andit is as ifthe sun has become disgusted withwaiting

the wind blows hard tonightand it’s a cold windand I think aboutthe boys on the row.I hope some of them have a bottle ofred.it’s when you’re on the rowthat you…

I used to take the back offthe telephone and stuff it with ragsand when somebody knockedI wouldn’t answer and if they persistedI’d tell them in terms vulgarto vanish. just another…

“They only burn themselves to reach Paradise”                                       – Mne. Nhu original courage is good,motivation be damned,and if you say they are trainedto feel no pain,are theyguarenteed this?is it still not…