Open All Night (2000)

Published as a poetry collection by Black Sparrow Press, 1/10/2000

Works in this Book

• 2 Buddies - pg. 17 - 1977
• Saturday Afternoon - pg. 20 - 1980
• Young Love - pg. 24 - 1982
• Lioness - pg. 28
• Dinner, Pain And Transport - pg. 29
• Love For The First Whore - pg. 31 - 1992
• Good Times - pg. 35
• Jane And Prince - pg. 38 - 1981
• A Place To Hang Out - pg. 40
• To Jane Cooney Baker, Died 1-22-62 - pg. 42 - 1962
• I Was Her Lover - pg. 44
• Beauty Gone - pg. 45 - 1962
• Dogfight Over L.A. - pg. 46
• Event - pg. 52 - circa 1963
• All That - pg. 53 - 1980
• The Stranger - pg. 54
• The Other Room - pg. 55
• The Death Of An Era - pg. 56
• For Some Friends - pg. 59
• Broken - pg. 61
• Wall Clock - pg. 62 - 1979
• The Beer Bottle Blow - pg. 63
• Some Of My Fathers - pg. 69
• Black Sun - pg. 77 - circa 1978-1994
• The Players - pg. 78 - 1979
• Batting Slump - pg. 79 - 1978
• Somewhere It's 12:41 A.M. - pg. 80
• The Reply - pg. 81 - 1979
• Searching For What? - pg. 82 - 1979
• The Hero And The Shortstop - pg. 84 - 1980
• My Favorite Movie - pg. 85
• Share The Pain - pg. 87 - 1970
• The Old Pinch Hitter - pg. 89 - 1979
• Ah, Ah, Ah - pg. 90
• Edith Sent Us - pg. 91 - 1977
• We're All Gonna Make It - pg. 93
• Hymn From The Hurricane - pg. 97 - circa 1991-1994
• Soundless - pg. 101 - 1979
• Miracle Man - pg. 102 - 1980
• Little Theater In Hollywood - pg. 104
• Novels - pg. 106 - 1979
• Pleased To Meet You - pg. 108 - 1979
• Yes, I Am - pg. 110 - 1977
• Now She's Free - pg. 112 - 1977
• We Get Along - pg. 113 - 1982
• Swinging From The Dumb Hook - pg. 115 - 1980
• AIDS - pg. 116
• Flight Time To Nowhere - pg. 117 - 1979
• A Woman In Orange - pg. 119
• A Poem For Swingers - pg. 121 - 1974
• Back Ups - pg. 122 - 1972
• Merry, Merry - pg. 123 - 1980
• Liberated Woman And Liberated Man - pg. 125 - 1980
• A Place To Go - pg. 127 - 1979
• Age And Youth - pg. 128 - 1980
• A Good Show - pg. 132 - 1979
• Popcorn In The Dark - pg. 133
• A Little Spot Of Senseless Yellow - pg. 134 - 1974
• Toulouse - pg. 135 - 1979
• Bruckner (2) - pg. 137 - 1979
• In Dreams We Begin Responsibilities - pg. 139
• Uncrowned - pg. 141 - 1979
• What We Need - pg. 142
• Chatterton Took Rat Poison And Left The Rest Of Us In Peace - pg. 145 - 1978
• Jack - pg. 151
• Upon Phoning An X-Wife Not Seen For 20 Years - pg. 152
• Big Time Loser - pg. 153 - 1983
• Like A Movie - pg. 155 - 1974
• An Unusual Woman - pg. 157 - 1971
• Pale Pink Porsche - pg. 158 - 1976
• The Arrangement - pg. 159
• Polish Sausage - pg. 161
• Down By The Sea, The Beautiful Sea - pg. 163 - circa 1973
• The Guitar Player - pg. 165 - 1980
• Social Butterfly - pg. 169 - 1978
• A Fan Letter - pg. 171
• I'm A Failure - pg. 172 - 1982
• Too Dark - pg. 174 - 1979
• This Is A Fact - pg. 176
• There's One In Every Bar - pg. 177 - 1977
• The Beautiful Rush - pg. 178 - circa 1982
• Over-Population - pg. 179
• An Old Love - pg. 181
• Beds, Bathrooms, You And Me - pg. 183
• Puzzle - pg. 185
• Hot Dog - pg. 187 - 1978
• The Fall - pg. 190
• On Bums And Heroes - pg. 193
• Running On Empty - pg. 199
• This Habit - pg. 201 - 1981
• Madness? - pg. 202
• It's Difficult When Bananas Eat Monkeys - pg. 204
• Old Man With A Cane - pg. 205 - 1982
• Empty Goblet - pg. 207
• An Interview - pg. 209 - 1978
• Poem, Poem, Poem, Poem - pg. 213
• The Soulless Life - pg. 214 - 1981
• The X-Con - pg. 217 - 1979
• The Way It Is Now - pg. 218 - 1980
• Dead Dog - pg. 219 - 1982
• 20 Bucks - pg. 222 - circa 1992
• A Lost Soul - pg. 224
• Compassion - pg. 226
• He Also Flosses Every Day - pg. 227 - 1977
• More Mail - pg. 229
• Look Here! - pg. 231 - 1975
• We Can't - pg. 232 - circa 1972
• Terrorists - pg. 233
• Big Time - pg. 235
• Here We Go Again - pg. 238 - 1978
• Manx - pg. 239 - 1979
• The Best Men Are Strongest Alone - pg. 241
• Another Love Poem - pg. 243
• The Spanish Gate - pg. 245 - 1981
• No Dice - pg. 247
• Stark Dead - pg. 248
• Hello - pg. 249
• Lunch - pg. 250 - 1980
• Four Young Gang-Bangers - pg. 255
• I Don't Care - pg. 257 - 1982
• Royal Standard - pg. 259
• Mother And Princess Tina - pg. 260 - 1979
• Late Night - pg. 262
• Night Sweats - pg. 263
• Locks - pg. 264 - 1979
• Token Drunk - pg. 271 - 1979
• Butch Van Gogh - pg. 274 - 1978
• I Don't Want Cleopatra - pg. 276 - 1979
• The Strange Workings Of The Dark Life - pg. 277
• Open All Night - pg. 279
• Come Back - pg. 281 - 1981
• My Father Wanted Me To Be A Mechanical Draftsman But - pg. 287 - 1979
• Rest Period - pg. 289
• Swivel Chair - pg. 290
• AT&T - pg. 294 - 1975
• Loosely Loosely - pg. 296
• Fungoes - pg. 298
• Schubert - pg. 300
• Problems In The Checkout Line - pg. 302 - 1982
• Troubles In The Night - pg. 304
• Where To Put It - pg. 306 - circa 1978-1994
• Chinaski - pg. 308
• Hummingbird Chance - pg. 310
• I Meet A Vegetarian - pg. 311 - 1974
• The Nile Runs North - pg. 313
• All God's Children Got Trouble - pg. 314 - circa 1973
• My 3 Best Friends - pg. 316 - 1981
• My Doctor - pg. 318
• A Certain Pride Here - pg. 322 - 1982
• A Screening - pg. 323
• Fame - pg. 325
• Thoughts On Being 71 - pg. 327 - circa 1992
• At The End Of The Day - pg. 329
• Huh - pg. 331
• Until - pg. 333
• Short Story - pg. 334
• As Much As I Hate To Use The "F" Word - pg. 336 - 1980
• Competition - pg. 338
• Raw - pg. 340
• Hardly Nirvana - pg. 341
• Garden Talk - pg. 342 - 1981
• A Computer Now - pg. 343
• A Day So Flat You Could Roll Marbles On It - pg. 347
• Lazy In San Pedro - pg. 349 - 1980
• It's Slow Tonight - pg. 350
• An Answer To An Eleventh Grade Student In Philadelphia - pg. 353 - 1981
• The Yellow Pencil - pg. 354
• A Grounder To The Shortstop - pg. 359
• Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me - pg. 360 - 1982
• Secret Laughter - pg. 361 - 1982

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