kiss the screws goodbye

illustrations by konrad kraus

my delicacy, perhaps my vanity followed kick after kick in quick succession made clear to all who and what she was i don't like nosey people "she should have thought of that before confronting me" "this conversation is over" cold indeed must be the hearts frisking him for the loot followed kick after kick in quick succession dying out in this fatal atmosphere frisking him for the loot one of the beautiful, the most beautiful things goaded him into greater brutishness sprawled across the sidewalk died out in this fatal atmosphere o my delicacy, perhaps to my vanity i don't like nosey people i am one of the beautiful, the most beautiful things following kick after kick in quick succession to my delicacy, perhaps to my vanity i lost much of my ancient consequence and grandeur yes, much of my ancient consequence and grandeur to make clear to all who and what she was cold indeed must be the hearts i goaded him into greater brutishness sprawled across the sidewalk sprawled helplessly across the sidewalk sources: the heroic slave, by frederick douglas; clotel, by william wells brown; our nig, by harriet e wilson; ten nights in a bar-room, by t s arthur; the turn of the screw, by henry james; the golden bowl, by henry james; sister carrie, by theodore dreiser; the wedding, by dorothy west; kiss tomorrow goodbye, by horace mccoy; my gun is quick, by mickey spillane; the big kill, by mickey spillane part 2