Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet

'don’t return' he writes a letter: ' crumple me up throw me away and if found don’t return to sender .' #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...

'the night weeps' lonely is the wolf to whom its moon is lost. #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.

'thunder girl' i think i loved you more than i loved the others because you always smelled of rain and when your eyes went red-rimmed with anger and soaked me in a downpour of contention still i sought refuge in your storm.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all...

'he knew of sacrifice and god but she didn’t' he prays: "god, you suck. i have prayed for the woman of my dreams only to have you take her at the first  sign of adversity." #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 ot...

'another' another no goodnight  another time with your back turned  another moment left in the cold  another no nothing no anything at 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. *...

'sticky note' he seals his xoxoxo’s inside her purse scrawled upon a sticky note that’s the way she likes it his love bound wherever she may go. #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 Scar...

'dirty laundry' he keeps his worlds the way he keeps his fashion slipping in and out as it suits his mood cognizant that sooner or later his laundry will pile up his security taken to the wash.  #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...

'dumb fuck' silver-tongued in your craftiness you think me a sheep for the wool you believe you’ve pulled over my eyes but my oh my long have i hidden the big teeth i have.  #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...

'we mourn differently' you lost me now. i lost you a long time ago. #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.

'used to' we don’t hold hands like we used to we share nothing like we used to the only thing embraced the distance between us. #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...

‘he was vast’ she rises and falls atop the shallow tides of his chest a little girl once more fingers floating adrift the ocean of his palm fighting the currents once that had born life awaiting now to carry him away.  #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted; all poetr...

'cheating fuck' tonight found myself in the favor of a good bourbon. my scotch gave me the evil eye. #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...

'the math is on point' too little too late to give two fucks.  #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.

'sibling' my pain is well practiced and has evolved long before i ever gave a thought why it is so encompassing  engrossing and without end.  #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...

'in her house, a farce' for all intents and purposes her company only sees bright and airy rooms locked those closet doors containing all her fabrications labeled neatly each sunday through saturday. #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...

'acute awareness' ignorance is often shared without selfishness. #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.

'pens and mortality' i will write this pen into the grave the way i am drinking myself to death. #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...

'chalk' was green chalk we used to draw hearts overlapping across the gaps of the front walk the moss blended so nicely despite the weeds that grew faster than our fingers could pluck so we plucked at everything cursing the lack of red chalk and clean pavement to redraw us. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved. * Poetry served to you...

'one holiday' all that remained was the tinsel glinting from beneath the bed the only reminder that once  the house echoed with laughter and warm smells  and something called 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...

'10:37 pm' every sip brings back all that intoxicated me in the  first place. #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 A...

'chew, swallow, repeat' they lie denials as bland as the dinners forced across their tongues. #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...

'as brothers would' toast toast as brothers would as brothers do in this moment of time our whiskey our balm to all the injustices and all the wrongs we have ever endured without knowing the good fights the other has fought while like all else it goes down fire into our bellies as we speak infernos burning to the ground until last call. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyrig...

'late night perils' i loved the way you stabbed cigars at the end of your stilettos and cursed the newspaper deliveryman in the half-light of dawn.  i loved the way we closed the clubs and cut the fat through the muck of our disco fries.  if it wasn’t for your budweiser mouth i still might be in love. #barflypoet #josephapinto www.josephpinto.com  © Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Ri...

'a dollar for every lie' he’s a lying prick the dime in his pocket not worth the penny fibs he hands out so frivolously still you listen to his sermons on a nightly fare; dumbstruck while moonlight glitters in 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 i...