Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet

shameless book promotion time! continuing with ‘a distilled spirit' from 2018. as i previously said, while putting this collection together i had been known for my horror fiction. my poem ‘you' became a fusion, a dash of my horror background mixed with my emerging though still yet defined poetic voice. i wrote this over a few strong beers. ‘a distilled spirit' is available on amazon for your reading pleasure. link is in my profile. if you enjoy it, please indulge me the favor of a review.peace! ‘you' in a trick of light i found youpouring venom from callous handsripping faith from gibbous mooni've loved you ever since. your cruel grace matched byeven the coldest of gray januaries and as the sun diedyou spoke to me the foulest nothingswhispered from your alligator snout. you poured acid in my ears to quell my methods of thinking when you knew full welli had no free will at all. chant a new song of turpitudeblasphemous act;i'll love you ever more.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

hello all! time for some shameless book promotions of which i am long overdue!i'm starting with ‘a distilled spirit,' my first poetry collection published back in 2018. up to that point in time, i never read poetry let alone craft it. i was becoming known for my horror fiction and prose. between projects, i'd go to my local bar and jot into a notebook as a way of keeping myself sharp. i eventually realized something. i wasn't writing about my usual made-up horrors but rather expressing the horrors i was feeling, both within and around me. my gift of being an intuitive empath had been revealed, but that's a tale for another day. for this telling, it was the birth of the barflypoet. ‘a distilled spirit' is a collection of some of my first ‘bar writings.' i knew then that somehow my voice and presentation were decidedly different and took a chance to share it. i haven't looked back since.‘a distilled spirit' is available on amazon for your reading pleasure. link is in my profile. if you enjoy it, please indulge me the favor of a review.peace!today's selection is: ‘perils of greasy calamari' he didn't so much kiss her from across the barthan he devoured her face;the calamari i'd just eatentasting even greasier on my tongue. i swear if he kissed her one more timei'd push my fingers down my throat.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

to only hold what once we held… ‘in silence' make theatre of this vowa complex game of illusion stage squeezed out from lungsour old science exhausts the cellswe fell gracefully as childrenwhile an astral lamp accused usof life now seeking peacewe pencil ourselves with sharpened expressionsthoroughbreds, the slightest hitchall but derailing us.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

challenge accepted. ‘i can do this' there is nothing worsethan holding in a pisswhen you have important words to write.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

bar observation again. let me be clear about something: i fully support the LGBTQ community! nothing but love here!  ‘i love lesbians at the bar'the men boast of the pussy while the women truly get it. *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

yet time and time again i stalk this graveyard of the mind.mourning… ‘buried' buried in everything i have ever wrote,i refuse to resurrect you.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

hold me. ‘i'm suffering' awakened;what a formidable alternativeto deathsubtleties weighing your whole beingan ideal only children could paintwith any sort of vibrancyconvince yourself you've held the secretand i'll signal the director: the cuewas missed.multitudes rolled in sushi blocksit inspires, i supposerounded corners and there's a piece to us alla protesting hingethat slams the door on circumstance;i'd be delighted if you saidlimbo is nothing more thancontemplatory religion cold as it is sensual. *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

i'll show you where the real fires are… ‘bad mistake' never handa rioting minda pen.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

this job will kill you… ‘i drank till 2am' 11pm and i have no businessdrinking this fifth scotch but it is business. strictly business.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

i may have shared this before, but either way it's from 2016.when bar writing i often engage in what i call ‘machine-gun fire,' meaning i write snippets of thoughts one after the other without pause. the irony is even though they're thoughts they really aren't in that i never really gave them thought in the first sense. i know, i know, i'm a complicated man… ‘puppy dog' you leave;i linger.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

‘my cost' a misfortune has occurredan inconclusive blooming flowera strange illusion for the ghostwho feeds on more than pretty wordsi'm more heinous than my faultsand if expression is merely speakingtell me then is it worth more than my cost? i'm not sorry for who i amtaciturn in my suspensiona suffering outlet in the artand i am everything who i ama temperamental superstitionall i've thought is what i've lost. i may be virginal under so many dazzled lightsbut i swear i'm conversationalwhen it comes to my inconsequential lifeand i'm aware that all my shadows havegone and broken outnever mailed or read aloud. i'm not sorry for who i amtaciturn in my suspensiona suffering outlet in the artand i am everything who i ama temperamental superstitionall i've thought is what i've lost. expectancy only happenswhen hope is placed in all abandoned.  i'm not sorry for who i amtaciturn in my suspensiona suffering outlet in the artand i am everything who i ama temperamental superstitionall i've thought is what i've lost.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

the struggle is real… ‘dependency' i hurt so deeplythen that first splashof scotch kisses my lipsand dear fucki come alive until morning. *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

this poem is from 2017: playing on the beach with my daughter when she decided coating me in sand was far better than any fun a shovel and pail could provide. an eventual dust-off later and i went scrambling for my phone to type the following down. have you ever been hit by words that come hell or high water you had to pull from your brain before they disappeared? much like my ‘observations from a bar' writing, these are ‘in the moment' writings. nothing profanely poetic, but the feeling captured for always.   ‘little girl on the beach' she sprinkled sandacross my armand in thosecarefree eyes of hersi built a castlethat would never knowof incoming tides.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

ouija not necessary… ‘i see them' lost souls do not goundiscoverable to me.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

bar tales… ‘he told good stories so i bought a round' we sit listening to the beatlesand he reminiscesabout the timehe once drove the autobahn with the windows rolled downtunes turned up and by the time hey judeslicks the speakersi swear i feltthe winds of germanywhip my bald head. *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

don't singe your fingertips. ‘choose your purpose' some long to be the candle;some the wick.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

a typical poetry writing session for me lasts between 3-5 hours. whatever comes to mind is written, the page flipped and on to the next. no poem is given a second thought or remembered until months or even years later when it's finally typed from my notebook to computer and given a quick edit for possible punctuation, spelling and structure. some pieces stick with me while others i deem ‘throwaways.' i consider the following poem a throwaway. what do you think? i wrote this back in may of 2015: ‘drugs are bad' you suck me dry and not in the waythat would make me smile. you pull that band tight round my armfind a vein the first try every time. you're a drug i never wantedi can't give you up now if i tried.  *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

once you feed it, it never goes away… ‘squirrel' a blue collar gets a pass with nail beds chock-full of dirt but mine go unscrubbed and i'm labeled a slob. come near me enough and you'll smell the endless mounds of earth i've dug. old storms and expired seasons stain my pores. the irony how history both tears and heals the wounds. i've ancient footfall echoing tips of each finger yet without the cadence of her heels nothing will do. you ask what i'm hiding and i strip off my clothes to show unequivocally the nonentities up my sleeve and as long as you keep your eyes to the floor you won't notice the disruptions in the yard. spatial memory serves me well and so she rests everywhere she'll never be found and if bygone days realign i'll uncover her again. painfully my ribs protrude but you've taken no care to notice nor do you question why i forego the lather when washing my hands.  * squirrel any of various rodents usuallywith a long bushy tail andstrong hind legs; to store up for future use*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

observatory poetry: ‘please, no more' her laughsplit the earsof allat the barand droveus todrink.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel ⁠https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

table for one, please...‘slow sips' they toast over margaritasoblivious that a table awaya life comes apart over beer.*#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*instagram at joseph_a_pinto*https://www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto *subscribe to the ‘Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet' YouTube channel https://tinyurl.com/y2stm5ms

this is my trauma process. i stare at it. i drink with it. i allow it to consume me. then i vomit it from every pore and lap it up again.everyone leaves. in silence their song.  ‘in my head' i still lack the suitabilitiesof physical sciencemy eyes of opal fire,conversations rich indistant ink abyss.i pity the childthis small boy within,who as phenomenons gohas yet vanished;for him every straight linemagnetized in terror,every moment a resurrection of atrophy:who will leave nowin what mannerand how silently?an open mouth begins a journey.the mirror,a sentence of death.*‘DEAD BIRD' ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto 

here's a poem from my ‘bar observations' pile. yes, it really happened. yes, the dude shred air like nobody's business. and yes, i got all kinds of f***ed up that night.     ‘front row' he played the meanest air guitari ever did see. scotch after scotch i drankand when he paid his tabi begged for a curtain call. *‘DEAD BIRD' ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto 

it's too late for that now, isn't it? ‘end of the trek' all i wantis for oneperson to recognizethe amount ofpain i endureon a dailybasis and tohear the wordshow are youbefore i quit. *‘DEAD BIRD' ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto 

i want to rip her open…i want to be back inside her skin…‘edacious' a year since we've truly spoken. tack another half just to twist my guts. rationality wipes scores from the wall but fingers persist the death spiral down. a hole to another universe swallowed the sheetrock and it's just as good cause it hides the cavity my fist punched through. i miss you. and if you come back to my world again i'd consume your bones. take in all your cells so no matter what i do that do ain't done alone. pride is the frost that kills the bloom and the ice across our line a reminder our climate askew. i'm used to dragging days and nights i've consumed too much booze but it keeps you from leaving me and condemns me to writing you. just come back. there's a cancer staring at all the restrictions and if only you threw open the same sashes to make yourself as carnivorous as i. edacious:voracious and devouring*‘DEAD BIRD' ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto 

what is love to you? is it about doing the little things? or is it simply about one thing few know little of – showing up.   ‘close but no cigar' you did everythingbut love me.*‘DEAD BIRD' ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto 

i call these my ‘throwaway pieces' or my ‘fillers.' snippets of something that come to mind while i'm in-between poems or actually in the middle of writing one. when that happens, i'll stop the poem on a dime, quickly jot down the words i see in my head, then resume. i've shared a lot of them & don't give them a second thought. to be honest, sometimes i don't think they're very good. but they come from somewhere so there must be meaning. what do you think? what stops you on a dime? do you have ‘throwaways' in life or is everything measured just so?  ‘karma' i do not want to see you undressed; i want to see you undone.*‘DEAD BIRD' ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto 

‘what buries' (from dead bird)  keep bones in palmsanything other you are a liarsilence is violence toodirt for the flowershelter for its seed aren't we all in lovewith someone elsefaked until time comes due and what flees from breastwe cannot cagedespite the sorrowand all the aching what buries does not keep dirtwhat buries does not keep dirt. *‘DEAD BIRD' ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘set me straight' my urging maddeneda long master steepedbitter death thirstunder diseased and heedless skiesso very strange the senses,and her placed finger upon lips—“everything perishes,” she roilsher brightness a ruby gone undiscoveredwho could question or spinfrom her gravity;perhaps her pale handswill harness something otherthan a passing one day.i waitshivering under the singular crookedness of her baptizing. *‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘thumbs' your lips inclined for summeri filled your lacking chest with unpublished form and desireas a great artist wouldbut so much more confessional and like idle draperies,you hung autumn conversationsbefore nights grew long, or familiar or hastened, and dark, without evidence of the complete picturei believed you would be. *‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

go to the local bar. not a party bar. a dim gritty local bar. sit. order a drink. settle yourself in. listen closely. feel the energy. read the faces. allow the stories into your pores… ‘r.i.p. social media' funeral serviceswill be held todayfor all the martyrsthat write of theirinconsequential woeswhile down atthe local bartears fill the beersof the woebegoneand forgotten.*‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

when love was actually at the bar… ‘romance is dead' they hold hands on their wayout of the bar. stares, the stareseyes boring into their backs.*‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

old poem here, but i still remember this moment, still remember the tullamore dews being passed over my notebook and thinking to myself ‘i hope no one spills their shots.' of course, i was the one to spill his shot on my notebook then furiously dabbed at the puddle atop the page. this poem serves as a lesson that sometimes the ‘you' i write about is actually self-reflective. ‘it never dries' i can write over stains of tullamore dew in my notebookbut i cannot writeover fuck-ups you've committedacross my life. *‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘she's here' simplicitywhat passion should bethe great white canvas brushedno explanationa gaze that shines in the vacuum. illusion stitched behind the lids,i have longed to perceive,to know tactile existence,conditioned for a height i'll fall living; and then she slipped like christmas into my mouth,a gift,and left my tongue of cloves, and the tearing sound of sightbeautiful and awful at once; and the knowing,the sweet simplicity of my knowing.*‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘writer's block of lovers' desperate to expresshow much he misses herhis pen loses all penchantfor words.*‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘long night' i don't want to go home. a hangover and hell awaits.*‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘hypocrisy' the hypocrisy you unfurllike a banner from your tongue a bold statement to the world: your windows are free of streaks; your roomsan absolute mess. *‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘how do they stay together' he talksshe listens and listensand listens listens.*‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘four guys in the corner of the bar' a motley crewtheir voices rang uneducated, inebriatedbarely tolerated;their spouses relieved they weren't at home. *‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘quiescent' a draw between lips, a capture within lungs. i fear this air may be no good for me. it tastes of what you took and what i gave and already repeats. there's a stirring come november, a chromatic death dust around my tongue and i can count all our late-night conversations spiraling slowly, slowly in the wind. why are you not here to pull snug against my neck? there's a bite to the sky nastier than the instance you snapped i don't love you the same way anymore so now near feral things i curl my fingers into palms. around town the ghosts are packed in safekeeping till another season and yet i'm kept in the open like the lazy neighbor who never takes a holiday down. i'm worn from wearing masks and lighting lights so hollow hope won't seem so dim. leaves twist around my feet like the dry tornado rips my throat. it's best i go back in, take off my coat and drink to the arms outside my window that once bore living things.  quiescent: being at rest; quiet*‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘blame the signal not the service' "there's a disconnect,"she says. he scrolls their long trail of messages and finding no apparent betrayals realizes he has simply beenunplugged. *‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON! *#barflypoet#josephapinto© Joseph A. Pinto*Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted.The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars.*'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.*www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘avoid'   i'm doing everything i can to avoid you which is hard because the distance between us is so great anyway.    * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘her abstract is fucked up'   upon the wall her latest creation twisted abstract; wire for bone—   window shades where eyes flutter   hole in sheetrock for the jagged heart.   * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘conversation has lost us'   we must be disillusioned staring out into the great void thinking we can traverse oceans in paper boats.   the messages we carry to ferry us one coast to the next will only dissolve upon contact with water bleed one letter into next.  * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘hide behind the words'   on and on she declares her strength to the world every syllable shining while the conviction behind it remains shaken. * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘denial'   he never had a drinking problem until he met her.   then the acceleration of heartbeat paired with the numbing slowdown of brainwaves became essential to his being.  * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘cell phone'   i'm not ignoring you, she said as her thumbs danced   eyes lied. * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘inquiry versus demand'    she asks a question (just speaking her mind) a snarl from her throat— isn't that the prevailing problem a matter of two realities   inquiry versus demand oh we are so far off so far and away from each other that conversation no longer exists between lines and all must be deciphered from tomes that no longer hold meaning or respect for history. * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘late night'   mascara rimming your eyes  keeps the pools from spilling  while you sell sex freely from your lips;   crimson explosion— you're slaying them in droves.  * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘i've got nothing'   your words are heartfelt   delivered to a heart worn. * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘i will prove you otherwise'   i've lost my muse   i've lost my swagger   but i've never lost that motherfucking chip on my shoulder. * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto

‘innocence suffers'   he's out in this world gaps within the dna birthed by snakeskin intentions   child will never know child will never understand —   the devil lives in twisted words heavy hearts and unholy unisons.   * ‘DEAD BIRD' NOW ON SALE AT AMAZON!  * #barflypoet #josephapinto © Joseph A. Pinto * Poetry served raw and unedited from the moment crafted. The large majority of my poetry handcrafted from inside bars. * 'dead bird,' 'From My Front Steps,' 'Scotch and Scars' and 'A Distilled Spirit' poetry collections available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. * www.etsy.com/shop/JosephPinto