'compassion is hell' you draw her over your shoulders the warmth you’ve been waiting on for years honey in an otherwise tepid life and even as she leaves your skin flushed you never seem to notice her fingers have grown a bit colder from wear. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ...
Apr 07, 2021•19 sec
'a new way to kill yourself' he’s there but he’s not mind entwined in a silvery brume that holds magic and horror all at once the horror, he realizes, is that he cannot free himself once and for all from this life. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paper...
Apr 07, 2021•21 sec
'whiskey, and why did she go' this, shimmering and virginal, is where you are found reality implores, so you smooth jesus from the label while sucking vengefully at the viper is it karma acted upon or simply perspective from a duller view your beaded smile rehearses a fatal calm how attractive gods must be in slumber, far from judging, an ancient quiet screaming between your ears and you are the perpetual joke birthed from the machine but you love…you, incapable of undermining what the next pass...
Apr 06, 2021•55 sec
'it hasn’t escaped her' sometimes she gets lost in the cool shade beneath her trees eclipsed in the tales of two men one she wakes to every morn the other still attached an ethereal cord from many years grown long. she wouldn’t trade her life for the lure of anything else but on occasion when her past crosses the sun her soul gives a little shiver her toes curl into the velvety dew of her lawn. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘...
Apr 06, 2021•28 sec
'barometric' you’ve created all the pressure inside your head, she told me. meanwhile for years i weathered her storms eroded piece by piece along my shore. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•15 sec
'god knows' god spoke to them. god said: what the fuck do you think you’re doing? tell lies in your own house not mine keep your vows under the steeple run ape shit out in the street. god is like that. god knows you’re as proper as your sunday threads but you’re a complete douche bag the rest of the week. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon....
Apr 06, 2021•23 sec
'how do i tell you' how do i tell you that i never meant to cause your ache i never meant to rob the moon from your sky and yet now i'm starless far removed from any good i possessed. how do i tell you the only good thing is for you to stay away from me; i'm worthless if i can't make your eyes shine. how do i tell you that my world has stopped turning without you; there's a huge difference between living and alive. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Sc...
Apr 06, 2021•35 sec
'dreaded dates' one more minute before midnight; one more shot slammed back my mourning carried over to another long year. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•13 sec
'soulmate' i will die with you in my heart your name upon my tongue. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•9 sec
'excuse me, i was writing there' there is nothing worse than someone inadvertently stealing your chair while you’re taking a piss and the residue of their mojo ruining your groove. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•14 sec
'ask yourself, what was the cost?' tonight there will be no words no tender crafting of stanzas tonight you have lost all your magic; tonight you have lost. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•17 sec
'sepulcher' every glance every breath i dig you deep deeper. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•11 sec
'the hand we are dealt' it is simply the hand we are dealt that we must accept so cry stand, you say. no hit me, for i am tired of this stagnant state hit me and let the deck fall as it may twenty-one ways to dying can't be all that bad. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon....
Apr 06, 2021•24 sec
'elephant' tiptoeing around subtleties dropped casually in the room sidestepping with caution while the ruse stomps up the staircase down the hall. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•13 sec
'grey day' symphony atop the land the rain orchestrates our sorrows. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•9 sec
'bruised apple' father watches son haunted by thoughts he may follow in his footsteps. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•7 sec
'running out of paper' this pen might fit my hand as i write of you but you, quite succinctly, fill my heart. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.
Apr 06, 2021•12 sec
'you can suffer, or you can hurt' bow before your king of pain kneel at the feet of misery believed once you did in retribution understood once the meaning of comeuppance no longer, i say, no more— kiss the hand, pledge allegiance to woe wallow in my expanse of angst; an unabashed scourging of the soul. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon....
Apr 06, 2021•23 sec
'you’re full of shit' constipate the rhetoric; a diet full of denial self-righteous exemption. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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....
Apr 06, 2021•7 sec
'aching, love' aching, love allows me to know a world beyond my heart that is sacred and wild mine to claim. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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....
Apr 06, 2021•13 sec
'happiness doesn’t last' that shadow and the lips curl into a sneer— it was only a matter of time until you betrayed me again. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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....
Apr 06, 2021•13 sec
'don’t return' he writes a letter: ' crumple me up throw me away and if found don’t return to sender .' #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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....
Apr 06, 2021•14 sec
'the night weeps' lonely is the wolf to whom its moon is lost. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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.
Apr 06, 2021•10 sec
'thunder girl' i think i loved you more than i loved the others because you always smelled of rain and when your eyes went red-rimmed with anger and soaked me in a downpour of contention still i sought refuge in your storm. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’...
Apr 06, 2021•16 sec
'he knew of sacrifice and god but she didn’t' he prays: "god, you suck. i have prayed for the woman of my dreams only to have you take her at the first sign of adversity." #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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....
Apr 06, 2021•17 sec
'another' another no goodnight another time with your back turned another moment left in the cold another no nothing no anything at all. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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....
Apr 06, 2021•13 sec
'sticky note' he seals his xoxoxo’s inside her purse scrawled upon a sticky note that’s the way she likes it his love bound wherever she may go. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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....
Apr 06, 2021•13 sec
'dirty laundry' he keeps his worlds the way he keeps his fashion slipping in and out as it suits his mood cognizant that sooner or later his laundry will pile up his security taken to the wash. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook...
Apr 06, 2021•17 sec
'dumb fuck' silver-tongued in your craftiness you think me a sheep for the wool you believe you’ve pulled over my eyes but my oh my long have i hidden the big teeth i have. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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....
Apr 06, 2021•17 sec
'we mourn differently' you lost me now. i lost you a long time ago. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; 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....
Apr 06, 2021•10 sec
