Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet

'no sense' familiar only with boys  and their dry humps, she had no sense of a man and a good fuck.  #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 pap...

'wolf' when i revealed to you the beast a fearful exhilaration you had within your heart; when i revealed to you the man you simply tore me apart. #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 Sc...

'anchor' oh how you tread water oh how you kick to survive but they pull you back in don’t they, with their tangle of ineptitudes and lies. oh how you tread but the tide has come rising and you’ve really no clue  how to swim.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment craft...

'death before our time' i never wished to bury you not even as i sang your funeral hymn it became all too apparent that you needed out of your misery   a mercy killing  the humane thing to do though i questioned my judgment as dirt filled your throat. i wanted you forever; still do—your ghost provides comfort   on days i am lost and the grace of your soft touch still lingers atop my...

'immortal' wine washes her tongue as hips create music heard only by gods. #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.

'chicory' into his cup he pours her chicory kisses to savor. #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.

'heart crushing truth' i do not want to die. i thought i was a man but when my father spoke those words i did not feel a man at all. i became again a wide-eyed six-year-old who believed god was magic and life remained the same waking in the morn as the night before closing lids to it. i wonder to this day if only i had stayed asleep might my father still be alive. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.jos...

'you all have no place with me' everyone has something to say except when the time comes to say 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 paperbac...

'need' you believed me gone gone relic; forlorn by lords of depravity keepsake plucked from dregs of gutter whores and  impoverished mimes gone raped; whisper of promise possession, tarnished and forgotten atop your bureau fool— i have bred within you all the while gratifying your need sucking you dry you sang of me maggot's lament begged of me torturer's divine so i ask you now who is your m...

'truths, all tell truths' the greatest advisors i have ever had in my life have been god a bottle of scotch and my psychic.  #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 Disti...

'confessional' sometimes when the bar is at its loudest i shift in my chair and fart. #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 a...

'your object of affection' oh the snide curl across his lips as he patronizes that girl i watch you watching him suddenly the stars have gone from your eyes. #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. * ‘Sc...

'put me in the donation bin' you treat me like a doll you’ve owned for years worn, stained, lifeless until you decide to hold 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...

'false hope' we search for something  a shining something  a splendid something that is found in only the darkest something the most despondent something within us 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 un...

'she flies' she flies i know not where or why. i wish to be the currents stealing her a place of fancy created by a longing heart. #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 Dist...

'another scotch, please' some nights i just got nothin’ spillin from my pen but i got a whole lot spillin’ ‘cross my tongue. #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...

'first class' it’s like all those men in her life have considered her to be a letter something to hold to fold, to stamp something to send off without courtesy of the label 'handle with care.' some men just do that. others, rare few others stand vigil at the mailbox waiting on the letter that will forever change their life. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A....

'stigma of spades' make no mistake the stigma of spades has been branded upon my flesh. most see a curse. i find it a blessing. #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 Distill...

'lovers love silence' sit beside me touch knees like no one else is watching whisper verse in my ear together we’ll rewrite all conversation steal filament from the bulbs  refill them with fireflies; i’ll keep july for you always i’ll craft you mermaid lore. steal me, won’t you we’ll go out until dawn comes knocking pin my heart against your wall splay me like a butterfly lost in august yet p...

'she’s in denial' this is her way: toss flowers across his words anything to lend pretty to his ugly.  #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 paperb...

'altered state' so i cleanse myself in more booze.   call me a lush but it’s more a penchant to wash away the truth. you don't understand; i don’t expect you to.    my altered state is preferable than being drunk on what's assumed to be.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited...

'and i am tired' i cannot stand your mouth  the way you form your words  the way your caustic attitude reshapes my way of thinking; thinking, or is it merely  piecing thoughts together  haphazardly as a child might do? i am so tired of existing  on jigsaw puzzle pieces so tired of you scattering  the pawns on the board.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto....

'greater causes' sometimes you must  sacrifice your soul in order to save your heart. #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 eb...

'backhanded lesson' i wanted to get it right with 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.

'rust to something louder' and so after all these months i grip spade and grave rob the tomb my old haunts have moved on still fervor rattles the bones marvel, will you over my state of preservation a cold corpse yet done dying decayed lips yet done lying aren’t we taught truth comes from the heart my veracities boxed now atop another’s shelf. you thought i’d be dust and powder. i’ve evolved from...