Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet

'dead canaries' she keeps her notions protected within the cage freedom so fleeting her smile spitting feathers more and more feathers. #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...

'wraith' scotch. sip. bill. gone. #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.

'she sees only the best of me' squeals daddy, you’re home! to the worn flesh dragging the bones.  #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...

'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 a...

'quit the game, bro' old man you insist on throwing yourself at the twenty somethings as if that thick wad in your pocket will compensate for your grey shriveled balls  and those eyes dance like you once did in the day only now you are reduced to misinterpreted conversation morning dosages of geritol.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All R...

'but a curse to him' she had a gift a way of taking all her fears and turning them against him. #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 Kind...

'currents' lose ourselves in sand i’ll choke on the smoke of your cigarettes; they smell better than you look you’ll flinch at my bad jokes; we both know we’re bad  for each other’s health. the currents have given us more than we can handle yet high tide can’t seem to wash either of us away. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved....

'breakdown in my yard' i was the first  and last to hold you. i could not leave you my intentions true; i tell myself you knew that as i scooped you into my hand. ssh, small thing what else could i say or do  aside from cradling you against my chest. i would have healed you had i the chance but you pissed your life out from between my fingers and i could not cup you not anymore. i buried...

'some nights' this pen can’t find the ink while the mind screams blots all thoughts an indecipherable mess.  #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...

'how and why' even in sleep your unmoving lips taunt 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 random unless otherwise noted. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'brutal' he messages her. she swipes it aside. he mattered two days ago. she’s two days gone by. #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 Kin...

'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 S...

'comfort' walking beside you is like holding your hand; we just slip into each other.  #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...

'to be one' to be one  with the rush  of symphonic surf to cast your  entire existence to  the cycle of the sea; i'd weather the  synchronicities of the  tides for 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...

'bad intent' there are nights i slam the  drinks down my throat like the reaper come home. #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 Kind...

'avenue' dip in neon drip with sin the gutter will be cleaner than your mouth tonight peddle what comes faceless but known to 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 unless otherwise noted. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘...

'80 is the new 70' using his walker the spry young man of 80 sauntered to the bar then put his heart into ordering the craft beer he desired (drink some water first, you must hydrate, his aide reminded). that first sip kissed his lips and his eyes danced back to ’47 as his face left this place. he drained his beer (finish your water, you must hydrate, his aide reminded). the spry young man of 80 n...

'adaptation' i’ve grown used to a mind gone closed; i’ve gone numb to a heart grown cold.  #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 Kind...

'all the vices' lunatics and geniuses are often alcoholics. i am a poet known to write some arresting verse. in that vein of honor i tip my glass  a toast to all the vices that drove men like me mad. #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...

'fumes and funeral flowers'  i came here to tell you i’ve not much longer left to go. it’s been an uphill ride on fumes and the  heavens have dulled. funny, we gaze at the same sky night after night; you see stars shooting while i, dying. i guess i’m saying i’m doing all i can to crest this hill plummet downward  cry your name from my lungs one last time.  #barflypoet #josephap...

'crucifix' i never realized  how heavy i felt within my own skin until i slipped you around my neck and you lightened  the load on my 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 an...

'i am not the boogeyman' steep in darkness if you must in silence i’ll sit beside you till you share all the reasons you run from me so then, only then will i shine soft light, a reminder  of the heart i gave you. recesses should not exist between us neither monsters, fear denial of our love.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Res...

'we die in passion' it’s a slow climb to the long burn. #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.

'trinity' beer to start the tongue. scotch to sear the tongue. wine to soothe the 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 Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebo...

'the long drop' you require a firm banister for gripping the aspirations you lined up one by one fall; one by one they fall; you won't let go of that banister too afraid of the way down; piece by piece you drop you drop.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all po...