NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING ROOMS
once there was this place that served great food from the middle east here,
on the corner between the cigarette store, the laundromat & transvestite whores.
i used to stop in once or twice a week. i’d take a seat somewhere near the door.
the owner didn’t ask for my order anymore because i always got the same.
‘hey buddy,’ he’d say, & make it sound like my first name…
[ an excerpt from love letters to saint francis ]
once there was this place that served great food from the middle east here,
on the corner between the cigarette store, the laundromat & transvestite whores.
i used to stop in once or twice a week. i’d take a seat somewhere near the door.
the owner didn’t ask for my order anymore because i always got the same.
‘hey buddy,’ he’d say, & make it sound like my first name…
[ an excerpt from love letters to saint francis ]



