Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet

'the way you carry yourself' you sit at the bar mouth hanging open catching flies but not passion i think you’re a good person at heart but you probably offer lovers  a very sad existence.  #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 chos...

'unintended consequence' he met a girl loved the hell out of her they found him guilty of killing  all the best she had ever shared so he consumed what remained of her saving her heart for last hoping she would beat within him to the end. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the momen...

'lonelier than hell' you’re an outcast to the outcasters and that, my friend is a predicament lonelier than hell.  *poetic license used replacing outcasts with outcasters 😉  * #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...

'on a mission' when the scotch goes down like water; when the sins  are not deep enough. #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...

'i know' the magpies squawk from the tree sharing summations and general blame all the while oblivious to the amount of shit that has gathered beneath their wings.  #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...

'38 words too long' i see you for what you are  i see you for what you're worth  you'll never be anything more than the rolling of my eyes  the exhalation of my breath  you leave me so tired so tired spent.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted;...

'not on the fatality list' this is our new fad quarantine love mindful of our distance while we laugh at the experts we’ve been practicing this, you know long before it ever came in vogue concealing all expression resigned to the fact our words are asymptomatic just a monotonous series of sounds muffled beneath layers infecting inauspiciously the ears.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpin...

'lost in the moment' i get lost watching  you be 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.

'alone, again' i do not wish to exist alone yet you do not deserve my company. #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 Amazo...

'he’s a medium for all he’s lost' meet the man who walks with spirits and asks for signs of presence in a house known for its cold spots and long dead memories of touch.   #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 oth...

'father’s day' today i stand above the bones; my own are restless they strike like chimes when i walk i am deaf to the chords. today i stir above the bones; my own are fractured they grate like gears inside the clock i have lost track of the time.  today i pray above the bones;  my own are mourning  they cry like gulls above the sea endless as it is deep, this sea. #barflypoet #jose...

'counseling doesn’t help' not a single person in my family takes the time chooses a moment asks me how i’m feeling or who i am. #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...

'animal' she keeps things caged in her eyes. she’s got your sex written on the finger she sucks at her lips but you can’t have her. those cold sweats leave you wondering which side of the bars you’re really on.  #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 ol...

'rest in peace' a man should die with the proper dressing atop his salad bread and butter in his basket. #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...

'frankenme' you laid hands on me sutures performed without care of the human anatomy a ragged combination of nightmare and selfish ambition the veins left coursing while the heart stone still— i loathe what i’ve become. #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...

'am i clear' my words are not meant to romanticize you but fuck you face first against the 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 a...

'the memory of you' i pushed you out from my life like i would a hard shit thankless and necessary somehow in the end, you still managed  to leave me walking in pain. #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 otherwis...

'our bodies are a machine' drink, drink be sure to take your piss your body will eliminate all it finds unwanted— memories, waste, love.  #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’...

'absence' it isn’t in what you say it’s in what you don’t. #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.

'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 #josephapi...

'we lost the wrench' age rusts the bolts. nothing stays fast and strong forever. #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...

'flutter' exhale i’ll breathe you in carry you along bird in a cage till i let you loose and marvel as you flutter across my lips.  #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 ‘...

'followed by thousands following back none' quite frankly you suck. #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.

'mysterious ways' i sure hope god is clearing a path before me cause i’ve fucked up everything i’ve left behind.  #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...

'an ipa at 9%' it was the mug i held as heavy in my hand as the decisions in my 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 paperback and Kindle e...