Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet

'bartender' her regrets overflow more than her pours. pleas for another round drown out her own. her pain as subtle as the oak on my tongue. merlot ruminations stain the coasters. she hopes i am blind to the sediment in the glass. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; al...

'be real' i come not to ride your unicorns but to hang their heads on my 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 and Kindle ebook at Amazo...

'a matter of perception'  the gloaming beckons lullaby calling of persistence;  i long to soar in this purple half-light rather be lost in the rouge of the setting sun. #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 o...

'song' you are every bit of pain i ever did sing. #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.

'compassion is hell' you draw her over your shoulders the warmth you’ve been waiting on for years honey in an otherwise tepid life and even as she leaves your skin flushed you never seem to notice her fingers have grown a bit colder from wear. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the momen...

'a new way to kill yourself' he’s there but he’s not mind entwined in a silvery brume that holds magic and horror all at once the horror, he realizes, is that he cannot free himself once and for all from this 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 olde...

'whiskey, and why did she go' this, shimmering and virginal,  is where you are found reality implores, so you smooth jesus from the label while sucking vengefully at the viper is it karma acted upon or simply perspective from a duller view your beaded smile rehearses a fatal calm how attractive gods must be in slumber, far from judging, an ancient quiet screaming between your ears and you are...

'it hasn’t escaped her' sometimes she gets lost in the cool shade beneath her trees eclipsed in the tales of two men one she wakes to every morn the other still attached an ethereal cord from many years grown long. she wouldn’t trade her life for the lure of anything else but on occasion when her past crosses the sun her soul gives a little shiver her toes curl into  the velvety dew of her la...

'barometric' you’ve created all the pressure  inside your head, she told me. meanwhile for years i weathered her storms eroded piece by piece  along my shore. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'god knows' god spoke to them. god said: what the fuck do you think you’re doing? tell lies in your own house not mine keep your vows under the steeple run ape shit out in the street. god is like that. god knows you’re as proper as your sunday threads but you’re a complete douche bag the rest of the week. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Sca...

'how do i tell you' how do i tell you that i never meant to cause your ache i never meant to rob the moon from your sky and yet now i'm starless far removed from any good i possessed. how do i tell you the only good thing is for you to stay away from me; i'm worthless if i can't make your eyes shine. how do i tell you that my world has stopped turning without you; there's a huge difference between...

'dreaded dates' one more minute before midnight; one more shot slammed back my mourning carried over to another long year. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'soulmate' i will die with you in my heart your name upon my tongue. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'excuse me, i was writing there' there is nothing worse than someone inadvertently stealing your chair while you’re taking a piss and the residue of their mojo ruining your groove. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'ask yourself, what was the cost?' tonight there will be no words no tender crafting of stanzas tonight you have lost all your magic; tonight you have lost. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'sepulcher' every glance every breath i dig you deep deeper. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'the hand we are dealt' it is simply the hand we are dealt that we must accept so cry stand, you say. no hit me, for i am tired of this stagnant state hit me and let the deck fall as it may twenty-one ways to dying can't be all that bad. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'elephant' tiptoeing around subtleties dropped casually in the room sidestepping with caution while the ruse stomps up the staircase down the hall. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'grey day' symphony atop the land the rain orchestrates our sorrows. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'bruised apple' father watches son haunted by thoughts he may follow in his footsteps. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'running out of paper' this pen might fit my hand as i write of you but you, quite succinctly, fill my heart.  #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.

'you can suffer, or you can hurt' bow before your king of pain kneel at the feet of misery believed once you did in retribution understood once the meaning of comeuppance no longer, i say, no more— kiss the hand, pledge allegiance to woe wallow in my expanse of angst; an unabashed scourging of the soul. #barflypoet #josephapinto © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * ‘Scotch and Scars...

'you’re full of shit' constipate the rhetoric; a diet full of denial  self-righteous exemption. #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...

'aching, love' aching, love allows me to know a world beyond my heart that is sacred and wild mine to claim. #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 paper...

'happiness doesn’t last' that shadow and the lips curl into a sneer— it was only a matter of time until you betrayed me again. #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 Distille...