Joseph A. Pinto

barflypoet & author of dark fiction

  ‘fear the morning’   it’s all i have left, this moment, because tomorrow i may be stripped down into something even more insignificant than i’m clinging to now.   #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. ‘From My Front Steps,’ ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle …

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  the prince, though wicked, still wise…    ‘appreciation’   a devil’s deal for love heart freely ripped gnarled vines replacing fruitless eyes rust weeping emaciated clouds sun refuge shovel, he handed break soil, he spoke, only now can you appreciate drought.   listen to this poem #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All …

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  there’s always a challenge… ‘lorn’  good god almighty, you widen my eyes with clandestine grandeur, salve my tongue as vessel to your unknowable ways…only to rob me lost of true fervor, my faith upon my knees before eternal night, pregnant above my ashen countenance in bedeviling possibilities listen to this poem #barflypoet #josephapinto © …

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