an ipa at 9%
it was the mug i held
as heavy in my hand
as the decisions in my life.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
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mysterious ways
i sure hope
god is clearing a path before me
cause i’ve fucked up
everything i’ve left behind.
#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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spinnin’ the greatest hits from the barflypoet yesterday and today!
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adulteress
in shadow you embrace your aches
fingers trailing a procession
down the easy of your thighs
lips once full now so transparent
robbed of all that pleasured;
from upon the wall the clock strikes
wayward hands of unrequited hours.
#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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followed by thousands following back none
quite frankly
you suck.
#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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flutter
exhale
i’ll breathe you in
carry you along
bird in a cage
till i let you loose
and marvel
as you flutter
across my lips.
#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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we lost the wrench
age rusts the bolts.
nothing stays
fast and strong
forever.
#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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spinnin’ the greatest hits from the barflypoet yesterday and today!
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snapshot
i knew you’d be dead soon
so i took your photograph
exposed you somewhere
between this world
and the next
the nerve of you
not bothering to thank me
as i photoshopped your sallow flesh
in a handsome tinge of sepia
an improvement, trust me
still you’re so stuck in your ways
much like your insistence
upon chatting with aunt betty
who’ll be gone three years this may.
#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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absence
it isn’t in what you say
it’s in what you don’t.
#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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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
#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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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
© 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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