our bodies are a machine
drink, drink
be sure to take your piss
your body will eliminate
all it finds unwanted—
memories, waste, love.
#barflypoet
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the memory of you
i pushed you out from my life
like i would a hard shit
thankless and necessary
somehow in the end, you still managed
to leave me walking in pain.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
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…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars…
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bartender
her regrets overflow
more than her pours.
pleas for another round
drown out her own.
her pain as subtle
as the oak on my tongue.
merlot ruminations
stain the coasters.
she hopes i am blind
to the sediment in the glass.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
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…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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am i clear
my words are not meant to romanticize you
but fuck you face first against the wall.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars…
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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frankenme
you laid hands on me
sutures performed without care
of the human anatomy
a ragged combination
of nightmare and selfish ambition
the veins left coursing
while the heart stone still—
i loathe what i’ve become.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars…
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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rest in peace
a man should die
with the proper dressing
atop his salad
bread and butter
in his basket.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars…
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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a matter of perception
the gloaming beckons
lullaby calling of persistence;
i long to soar in this purple half-light
rather be lost in the rouge of the setting sun.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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animal
she keeps things caged in her eyes.
she’s got your sex written on
the finger she sucks at her lips
but you can’t have her.
those cold sweats leave you wondering
which side of the bars you’re really on.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars…
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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counseling doesn’t help
not a single person
in my family
takes the time
chooses a moment
asks me
how i’m feeling
or who i
am.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars…
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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father’s day
today i stand above the bones;
my own are restless
they strike like chimes when i walk
i am deaf to the chords.
today i stir above the bones;
my own are fractured
they grate like gears inside the clock
i have lost track of the time.
today i pray above the bones;
my own are mourning
they cry like gulls above the sea
endless as it is deep, this sea.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars…
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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