All struggling artists will be comforted
All struggling artists will be comforted to learn from The Guardian Review pages that The Great Gatsby had only sold 7 copies in the last year of F Scott Fitzgerald’s … Continue reading
A cool damp dank grey summer morning
A cool, damp, dank, grey summer morning; it has obviously been raining all night. I love summer when it is like this. It becomes bearable. It has been raining all … Continue reading
I still once in a while go back to Sunset Strip
I still once in a while go back to Sunset Strip as it was the first place I ever saw a naked woman; if only I could still go back … Continue reading
When I am at work night after night I yearn for my days off
When I am at work night after night I yearn for my days off and to sit in a pub getting drunk, before going to some strip club to watch … Continue reading
I’m just confused
I’m just confused because since I turned 21—and I headed hardly able to breathe up a grey windy September Dean Street into Sunset Strip, down the steepling deathtrap stairs into … Continue reading
Passing me at the bus stop a girl in red short skirt and black stockings
Passing me at the bus stop a girl in red short skirt and black stockings, and the wind blew her skirt tight against her buttocks and for a moment it … Continue reading
A fever has so often marked a turning point in my life, a paradigm shift
A fever has so often marked a turning point in my life, a paradigm shift, a moment when I realise I have had enough of my life like this, and … Continue reading
I was awake all Wednesday night with fever
I was awake all Wednesday night with fever. I came home after 4½ pints and then stuffed myself with some mince that was left in the pan, and then stupidly … Continue reading
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