“An October sort of city even in the spring. With somebody’s washing always whipping, in smoky October colors off the third-floor rear by that same wind that drives all the yellowing comic-strips down all the gutters that lead away from home.” -Nelson Algren, Nobody knows where O’Connor went, Chicago: City On the Make, 1952 I’mContinue reading “October Town”
Author Archives: Vincent Hostak
Ghost Tablet
a ghost tablet
for spirit words-
eidola
both phantom and ideal
Song for the Suffering
Tell me: Which is the safest room in which to hide in a burning house? Song for the Suffering © Vincent Hostak October 2023 I heard you say: “I refuse to take sides.” Perhaps you meant: your heart is with the suffering. It is a blister clinging to the wall, this wall no prayers mayContinue reading “Song for the Suffering”
Wild, Abandoned 