To begin at the beginning: It is a spring moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.

This world is half the devil's and my own, Daft with the drug that's smoking in a girl and curling round the bud that forks her eye.

Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.

To begin at the beginning: It is a spring moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.

Love drips & gathers, but the fallen blood Shall calm her sores..." -Thomas, The Force that through the green fuse drives the flower.

... an ugly, lovely town ... crawling, sprawling ... by the side of a long and splendid curving shore. This sea-town was my world.

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.