Working Slob |
"Hey man, good stuff out there!"
I tried to turn my head toward the voice, but the pain running up my neck wouldn't allow it.
"Thanks," I offered, giving up on the notion of making eye contact. I coul...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:37:00 GMT |
The World These Boots Have Shown Me |
The World These Boots Have Shown Me
Standing in the cornerthe boots I've worn for years.Limp and wearybut spirited by the world they have shown me.
Carnivalesque was the world these boots have shown m...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:55:00 GMT |
Archaic Smile |
I saw where blood had trickled down,in that moment when the moon filled the wound.
The hum and whir of wheels beneath me like the sound and feel of home,and the skies and starshine the blanket under w...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:26:00 GMT |
Baby Blue (excerpt) |
We were still the tag team champions at the end of the night, sitting over Tennessee whiskeys at the hotel bar. The barmaid had only one other customer; a regular, and she kept her back to us most of ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:07:00 GMT |
Heart so Strong |
There he was in front of me;right there on the screen.A decade ago he stood beside me,in an alley,sharing the silence and smoke.Around that time it was easy for me,but so very hard for him.Miles he'll...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 17:33:00 GMT |
The Fujiwara Armbar |
He was not yet sixty years old, but the lines in his face suggested otherwise.
His head was like a block of granite; literally and figuratively, and that is noted with the utmost respect. Fujiwara wa...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 16:50:00 GMT |
Farewell to Shea |
It would be my last game in attendance at Shea Stadium. The tail-end of a twilight double-header. We had won the afternoon game. I forced my mind back to my very first Mets game here.&n...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 15:30:00 GMT |
Mac Goes Hollywood |
I was standing right in front of my telephone as the second call that afternoon rang through. As I did when that first call came, I stood and waited for my answering machine to take the call.
..."Yeah...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:39:00 GMT |
Whammo the Clown |
I looked at the booking sheet to see me paired with Whammo the Clown. My initial thought was that it was a rib on me, but I quickly r...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:24:00 GMT |
The Rejection |
I didn’t like the looks of it from the get-go. The whole set-up stunk as such. And the words which preceded us entering the roo...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:05:00 GMT |
