right mix
you and me
nothing but bone
to provide space
flesh to bind.
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day after day
the cruelest
of all the lonelies
is waiting on a phone
that refuses to ring.
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murderers
i drank scotch
i drank scotch
drank another scotch
and took a piss
and noticed the snot
on the walls
a graveyard of snot
dead by smearing
and dead by premature
picking
hanging
a sacred place above the urinal.
i scrubbed my hands
did not touch the bar
but threw down a good tip
and got away
from all the disgusting
unclean
murdering
motherfuckers
that could have been sitting next to me.
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did you get your copy of FROM MY FRONT STEPS yet?
it’s a poetry collection, of course, but also a story within a story within a story,
and no one really knows how it will end…
here’s the introductory page to FROM MY FRONT STEPS
summer 2020:
over the course of several days,
i took to my front steps with notebook,
pen, bluetooth speaker and
drink of my choice.
covid-19 had closed all my favorite watering holes
and where else was a barflypoet supposed to write?
so here’s a little story about
ruminations, observations and longing in a pandemic.
i poured myself across those steps;
i never spilled a drop from my drinks, though.
‘FROM MY FRONT STEPS‘
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all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.
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a different route
i really should be sitting atop
the cool dew mat of your grave but
i’ve chosen a different route today—
uncomfortable stool beneath me
a jagged tear on the one beside
sipping on a scotch
watching as what remains
of this afternoon
bleeds away.
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all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.
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i haven’t thrown it back in awhile, so no better time than now!
spinnin’ the greatest hits from the barflypoet yesterday and today!
#tbt
monstrosities
come
don your spider silk trousseau, indulge me
a jig—
funeral hymn and devil’s perfume—
blackened, our matrimony
miasma, our vows
ever faithful i’ll be to
rust-mouthed promises
while you cherish my slack cock
against your thigh.
in honey light our shadows creep
as we fuck in this church van
spawn a slit-eyed bastard
meant to rule gravy train slugs
then leave it steaming—
glistening under dashboard’s light—
saw-toothed smile crooked and pure
while we murder cherubs with our rubber gloves on.
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my new collection
‘FROM MY FRONT STEPS‘
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all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.
‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
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what are you waiting for?
get your copy of FROM MY FRONT STEPS now!
‘FROM MY FRONT STEPS‘
now available on Amazon
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.
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no bones about it
you make me realize
just how insignificant
i truly am.
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all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.
‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
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no matter the label
scotch goes down smoother
the more pain you’re in.
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all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.
‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
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slice
we all need
to bleed out
our own way.
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‘FROM MY FRONT STEPS‘
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© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.
‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
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