1286 4 2
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To Charles Bukowski "I haven't shat or pissed in seven years," she tells him, negotiating each word around the Marlboro. Because he doesn't know what else to say, Isaiah asks, "Haven't you seen a …
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6299 11 2
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Your maddening oh-so-skinny jeans make me so hungry/I need to peel them off your narrow hips like potato skin.
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1064 1 1
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Steve Bancroft’s future wife showed up at his door that same night, slamming her hand loudly against the door and shouting for him. “Steve, Steve, wake up. Damn it, come on. You forgot to pick me up at the airport. Who are you in there with? I said wa
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2126 14 10
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...what will happen to me buying drugs on the street, at night...?
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892 0 0
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There was all this pomp and circumstance. We were each outfitted with robes, red of course, and mortar-boards with a gold tassel dangling over one eye. It made me positively dizzy. Plus I was extremely hung-over that day.
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1071 5 0
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So back to Berkeley we went, and started our own commune in a huge rented house on Derby Street where we could tear the fences down in all the neighborhood backyards. We created what we called “The Meadow.”
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1023 0 0
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We all ran out of the house into the communal garden without fences. There stood Von Rotten with a smoking rifle in his hands, and our mascot Digger lying on his side, limp. We all looked at each other in disbelief.
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1318 7 3
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His wings were down when he got into the truck. It was a used UPS truck we’d bought from someone in Berkeley, and we painted out the letter “S,” so that it just read “UP.”
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33 3 0
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He promises me night-time napalm and arsenic-laced locum. He promises me absolution or a shudder of respite. His words draw open my face and he promises me nothing at all. -His voice is seductive as a gold filigree gift-box proffered in long ivory hands.…
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1205 5 0
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He picked up the bottle of gin, looked at it.
"Not a lot left," he said.
"There's enough," she replied. She took the bottle and lifted it to her lips. "Are you ready?" she asked.
"For what?"
"You'll see."
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1464 11 6
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He has stubby, rough little fingers. Good.
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68 6 2
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I am wearing the black velvet party dress from when I was five years old. It no longer fits around my hips, so I wear it on my arm. It has a net petticoat and it is patterned with giant multi-coloured acid circles. *I am fucking, raucous on my bedroom…
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51 14 5
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--Explicit content--
I had to see her face, you see. Eyes wide open...
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260 8 7
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Her name, she says coming in all self-possessed, is Nanette. The name he'll be calling her for the next hour, he understands.
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153 9 5
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Six/Sex
The day he was served
with divorce papers
in the driveway...
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