Elegy for a tall man |
Elegy to a Tall Man Gone(for Ben Hiatt)I was sorry to hear that youhad dragged up, old friend,packed your bags for thatlong last trip.We had a lot in common.Same age, both of usrural redneck types who...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:18:00 GMT |
Pissing |
Somewhere here in all this isolation and anger and disappointment, I've found just a small corner of peace.
Not a grand boulder of it, no gleaming giant nugget from the muddy stream. Just a tiny spar...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:48:00 GMT |
old ’un |
Seven Days of Nazi Boxcars
It's strange, the slide from fields of mental flowers to fearsome ghetto, the sound of boots in the night,the crash of doors falling inside the head,the drawing of mem...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:59:00 GMT |
The Andromeda Pain |
I was looking forward to A&E's four-hour presentation of a new version of "The Andromeda Strain," based on a 1969 novel by Michael Crichton. Having read the book and seen the 1971 film, I expected...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 17:02:00 GMT |
another oldie but not goodie, circa late 80s |
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GHOST OF JACK KEROUAC
The brick is still here, Jack, red but growing tired and faded.The road still stretches on but it is plied mainly bysad bandits & malcontents looking no...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:16:00 GMT |
old poem |
slow dance in real time
there are days when i feel useless as a limp dick,trapped here in redneck land offat cops, rock’n’roll hootchie coo,cold beers & hot shots of kentucky whiskey,&...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:34:00 GMT |
Chapter of novel in progress |
[First draft, prequel to Parallel Blues, unnamed]
Claudie Longwood straightened up and stretched, looking down the long furrow to the end of the field. He took the faded red bandanna out of h...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:27:00 GMT |
Train Ride to Hell -- A Memoir |
TRAIN RIDE TO HELL
Have you ever done something and then realized the moment you did it that you had made a huge and probably irreversible mistake?
I have. The first time it really mattered wa...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:51:00 GMT |
Another old newspaper column, circa ’97 |
THE KING--GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Can it be true? Can twenty years have passed since the King's heart gave up its valiant struggle against all those deep-fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches and...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:07:00 GMT |
chapter of old |
(I may have posted this before, not sure since I have too much crap here to find everything. If so, sorry. And no, all those weird words are not typos.)
COOL BLUE AND GLOOM
What was he doing in...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:18:00 GMT |
