'again i hear it' again i hear it it's more than i can bear the crescendo rising words faster than the last a stream of consciousness washing all in its path yet no matter how i plead that the damage is beyond repair the rant rolls on oblivious to the smallest survivor you drown. #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 other...
Apr 12, 2021•21 sec
'2,678,400' it’s been a month since we’ve talked good thing i haven’t counted— the seconds do pile up. i hear your voice at inopportune times like when i want to forget you— your timbre is ingrained. when i close my eyes i see you smiling in a way that’s supernova— stars died for you; as well me. #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 ra...
Apr 09, 2021•30 sec
'sunday brunch' nothing is the same without you; the sun less bright the night more desperate the soul hollowed in half the bloody mary lacking heat. #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 08, 2021•18 sec
'there’s no let up' it's funny now until someone gets hurt the bodies litter the field but there's no let up in your game on and on the blows fall you have proven one thing— the rattle of the snake still shakes long after the head has been cut off. #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’...
Apr 08, 2021•22 sec
'being' there is want. then there is complete and utter necessity. #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 08, 2021•8 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 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 c...
Apr 08, 2021•23 sec
‘cinder and ash’ i fucked it all up, didn’t i? can what i did be undone? i thought i held us firm squeezed too hard i’m left staring at the dust it’s so much more painful when i see your face. prisoner to my own hades my fires have burnt cinder back to cinder ash back to ash a recycled mad chaos of sorts. i wish i could tell you i ache for you doing so might char me further; doing so might char you further. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Res...
Apr 08, 2021•39 sec
‘my flesh and blood’ like a fossil preserve me keep me to unearth some other day these bones are brittle now decayed and ruined yet they speak a story a history i pass on only to you. #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 08, 2021•15 sec
'invisible' ghost haunting the halls so desperate are you to communicate with the living as they live lives pushing you deeper into the corners you inhabit. across rooms you flit dismissed as mere shadow while all your cried anguish passed off as howling on the wind. that great light of salvation shines just beyond your flailing hands yet you seek not rest only a greater want to tear open eyes sewn shut to your existence. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto....
Apr 08, 2021•30 sec
'lost without you' the clock strikes an empty passage as in this dark fingers stifle sobs but not the pain that flows through them. #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 08, 2021•11 sec
'no meaning, nothing' nothing to share no thoughts you could possibly eternalize for a generation. you have left us barren void. #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 08, 2021•14 sec
'hero just because' you're no hero of the day. you don't own a cape. you run into empty buildings only to save dreams once they’ve perished. it’s so much easier to collect the cash and adulation from those more oblivious than you. you're no faster than a speeding bullet. you take the coward's way—fraud. the hollow require air to bloat themselves; the bloated gnaw the fat from the bone; the children need a role model fashioned from something other than a rental suit. #barflypoet #josephapinto www...
Apr 08, 2021•35 sec
'he loved a girl' and these demons will only fuel you as you grip the neck of rage infidelity burning your throat along with the bile you long to purge purge; suffer no longer the transparency of these bottles their lies ringing the bar top hold instead the love that looks to you now for guidance not the tepid bills you squander from the linings of your wallet. #whatpainsyouproject - a poem for an anonymous reader and their pain… #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A...
Apr 08, 2021•25 sec
'conundrum' the conundrum is not my place in this world, you say but my standing— so tired of the vacuum between myself and anyone the universe delivers to me, so tired of the ships that have sailed their port. the world spun round us; the air no less muddled than before. #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 not...
Apr 07, 2021•20 sec
'entertained' you’re so cute huddled in the corner an intimate secret for the world to see fingers massaging flesh masterful performances judging by the way the eyes roll (my eyes roll) i can’t help but think you’re both as shallow as the suds in your beers but who am i to judge i’ll massage my scotch thank you very much grateful you leave me so entertained. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited fro...
Apr 07, 2021•26 sec
'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 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 ...
Apr 07, 2021•23 sec
'karaoke night' your answers so smooth your questions so rough like this bad karaoke singer you leave me wordless mouthing lyrics to an everchanging tune a top ten hit you haunt my head. #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 Ama...
Apr 07, 2021•18 sec
'it’s a jungle out there' it’s a cycle; you’re born you experience you flourish and grow oblivious to the dangers oblivious to the unknown; a leopard won’t change its spots but only a fool chooses to see it differently. #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 ...
Apr 07, 2021•21 sec
'i am' i am rattlesnake i am earthquake i am lightning rod i am heart attack i am cool hand i am cold heart i am motherfucker i am father love i am old dog i am sly fox i am lone wolf i am broken man i am deep sea i am shallow thought i am big cock i am long kiss i am savage fuck i am bright sun i am evil dark i am black sheep i am wise one i am. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment...
Apr 07, 2021•51 sec
'skeletons' unlike you i bare my bones rejoice in my naked truths. #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 07, 2021•8 sec
'detonation' the wiring different the fuse the same; we are all meant to blow at some point. the trigger that’s the mystery though the itchy finger belongs to the hand you know. #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 07, 2021•16 sec
'sacred thing' i wish for nothing less than to shatter you break your wings watch you plummet to depths unfathomable. #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 07, 2021•15 sec
'foolproof plan' this is how you live: you wake you eat you shit if you’re lucky enough you’ll wake again. it’s really something, isn’t it? #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 07, 2021•16 sec
'walk, keep walking' i asked how you were doing you replied i’m just living another day to die it all becomes so menial after awhile; the only things that should matter are the miles between you and the last town keeping your face to the sun. #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•20 sec
'inward' i draw inward so many times that i find myself turned inside out guts free for picking secrets not so secret anymore but you don’t notice. #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 07, 2021•14 sec
'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 www.josephpinto.com © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw...
Apr 07, 2021•27 sec
'bartender' her regrets overflow more than her pours. pleas for another round drown out her own. her pain as subtle as the oak on my tongue. merlot ruminations stain the coasters. she hopes i am blind to the sediment in the glass. #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 ...
Apr 07, 2021•22 sec
'be real' i come not to ride your unicorns but to hang their heads on my wall. #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 07, 2021•11 sec
'a matter of perception' the gloaming beckons lullaby calling of persistence; i long to soar in this purple half-light rather be lost in the rouge of the setting sun. #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 07, 2021•16 sec
'song' you are every bit of pain i ever did sing. #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 07, 2021•7 sec
