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RL'S Dream
It’s 1939 and Easy and Mouse are young men just setting out in life—Easy has yet to develop his skill for unraveling the secrets of others, and Mouse has yet to kill his first man. But all that will soon change.
Soupspoon Wise is dying on the unforgiving streets of New York City, years and worlds away from the Mississippi delta, where he once jammed with blues legend Robert "RL" Johnson. It was an experience that burned indelibly into Soupspoon's soul—never mind that they said RL's gift came from the Devil himself. Now it's Soupspoon's turn to strike a deal with a stranger. An alcoholic angel of mercy, Kiki Waters isn't much better off than Soupspoon, but she too is a child of the South, and knows its pull. And she is determined to let Soupspoon ride out the final notes of his haunting blues dream, to pour out the remarkable tale of what he's seen, where he's been—and where he's going.
Mosley creates a “a meditation on the history and meaning of the blues� ( Entertainment Weekly ) in R L’s Dream , which practically sings a soulful blues song itself.
Soupspoon Wise is dying on the unforgiving streets of New York City, years and worlds away from the Mississippi delta, where he once jammed with blues legend Robert "RL" Johnson. It was an experience that burned indelibly into Soupspoon's soul—never mind that they said RL's gift came from the Devil himself. Now it's Soupspoon's turn to strike a deal with a stranger. An alcoholic angel of mercy, Kiki Waters isn't much better off than Soupspoon, but she too is a child of the South, and knows its pull. And she is determined to let Soupspoon ride out the final notes of his haunting blues dream, to pour out the remarkable tale of what he's seen, where he's been—and where he's going.
Mosley creates a “a meditation on the history and meaning of the blues� ( Entertainment Weekly ) in R L’s Dream , which practically sings a soulful blues song itself.
272 pages, Paperback
First published July 28, 1995
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Walter Mosley
178books3,729followersWalter Mosley (b. 1952) is the author of the bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins, as well as numerous other works, from literary fiction and science fiction to a young adult novel and political monographs. His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and the Nation, among other publications. Mosley is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, a Grammy, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City.
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January 7, 2018
Okay, simply put, I love this book. Mosley's writing is almost palpable. It has substance. It's tactile. I love the feel of it in my mind, in my mouth when I read certain passages out loud. It makes me think of my father and the blues I listened to with him and the stories he taught me. Now, I want to pull out my dad's Robert Johnson records...and Mississippi Fred and Howling Wolf and Taj Mahal.
November 16, 2009
A brilliant tsunami, razor-edged and driven by love.
April 17, 2011
Walter Mosley is probably best known for his magificient P.I. Easy Rawlins mystery series. R.L.'s Dream is an early stand alone (1995) I got a kick out of reading. Soupspoon is an old blues player from down South. He's sick with cancer. His protector and friend is Kiki, a white lady with a traumatic childhood and a drinking problem. They try to take care of each other. That's one key thing I like about Mosley's fiction, the compassionate though flawed characters he creates. You might, too.
June 25, 2021
I first read this book not long after it was published and I kept my copy because it felt important. In rereading it I am reminded of its importance and of the in your face clarity and reality of Mosley's writing. The story is raw but the writing is smooth.
June 30, 2015
My very first Walter Mosley book. I read it 12times and it will never leave my bookshelf
March 31, 2021
There’s a hellhound on my trail
Sbronze, sesso, whiskey, solitudine, dolore, un ex musicista, violenza.
C'è quello che il Blues si porta dentro, eppure questa storia non fa altro che girargli attorno: non basta evocare Robert Johnson per acchiapparlo.
Sbronze, sesso, whiskey, solitudine, dolore, un ex musicista, violenza.
C'è quello che il Blues si porta dentro, eppure questa storia non fa altro che girargli attorno: non basta evocare Robert Johnson per acchiapparlo.
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April 1, 2011
RL's Dream is a good book. It's a book about the blues and the South, and what it meant to be black during the Jim Crow era. Even though the book is set in the present, there is a feeling of reality to the scenes from Soupspoon's youth. I don't think Walter Mosley lived through those times, at least not as an adult. But he is old enough to have heard the stories from his parents and grandparents. Stories about what it meant that you could be killed for anything, or nothing, without protection by the law. Stories about what it meant to be a slavery to poverty and even though "slavery" had been abolished. Stories about the evil that a social system that denied opportunities to people based on their color could perpetuate. I think Walter Mosley heard those stories, and I think that his writing springs up from those stories. And that is what gives RL's Dream, a novel, the feeling of truth. You end up caring about Soupspoon and Kiki, his white, alcoholic protectress, and you end up understanding the world a little better. To me, those are the two things that make a good book.
That being said, the book has some pretty grotesque scenes. So this book is not for the squeamish. And the ending isn't the greatest. But hey, you can't have everything, right? Walter Mosley has still created a very good book worth the time it takes to read it. And don't forget, Mosley is Slick Willy's favorite author!
That being said, the book has some pretty grotesque scenes. So this book is not for the squeamish. And the ending isn't the greatest. But hey, you can't have everything, right? Walter Mosley has still created a very good book worth the time it takes to read it. And don't forget, Mosley is Slick Willy's favorite author!
September 24, 2015
Atwater "Soupspoon" Wise is an old bluesman dying of cancer, destitute, living in intense pain and on the margins of society before he is rescued by Kiki Waters, a 30-something alcoholic white woman.
Kiki puts him up and they begin a platonic relationship where the roles of nurturer and nutured alternate as both of them effect a rebirth in each other, albeit one that ends in death.
Soupspoon's claim to fame is that he once spent some time on the road with Robert Johnson, a short period of his life which has loomed large over him ever since.
Mosley gives us a few flashbacks that give an electric view of the man who sold his soul at the Crossroads, as well as some vivid snapshots of the conditions that bred the Blues into him and black America.
The book is not really as much about the Blues as I thought it was going to be however. It is instead an intense and unflinching two-fister about Atwater and Kiki, two outsiders from different ends of the racial divide but united in their agony and defiance in the face of the modern world.
Not an Easy Rawlings novel then, but the first thing I have read by Mosley, though certainly not the last.
Kiki puts him up and they begin a platonic relationship where the roles of nurturer and nutured alternate as both of them effect a rebirth in each other, albeit one that ends in death.
Soupspoon's claim to fame is that he once spent some time on the road with Robert Johnson, a short period of his life which has loomed large over him ever since.
Mosley gives us a few flashbacks that give an electric view of the man who sold his soul at the Crossroads, as well as some vivid snapshots of the conditions that bred the Blues into him and black America.
The book is not really as much about the Blues as I thought it was going to be however. It is instead an intense and unflinching two-fister about Atwater and Kiki, two outsiders from different ends of the racial divide but united in their agony and defiance in the face of the modern world.
Not an Easy Rawlings novel then, but the first thing I have read by Mosley, though certainly not the last.
January 24, 2021
I haven't read any Easy Rawlins so I'm no Mosely expert but this book is a great read.
It sits high up on the mountain of myths that make up the man known as Robert Johnson (RL).
For those not in the know the rumour is that Robert Johnson made a deal with the devil that turned him into the Bluesman revered by all since. This book isn't about Johnson but rather his shadow and the effect of his music on others.
I haven't read a better fictional story about the blues. It's hard enough turning music into good fiction let alone something like the blues which you really have to feel ripping through you.
Mosley does a great job of personifying the blues in his characters so you can hear the music just through their existence.
Set in New York but really about the South. You could be forgiven for getting to the end of the book and not knowing you were in the Big Apple at all.
It sits high up on the mountain of myths that make up the man known as Robert Johnson (RL).
For those not in the know the rumour is that Robert Johnson made a deal with the devil that turned him into the Bluesman revered by all since. This book isn't about Johnson but rather his shadow and the effect of his music on others.
I haven't read a better fictional story about the blues. It's hard enough turning music into good fiction let alone something like the blues which you really have to feel ripping through you.
Mosley does a great job of personifying the blues in his characters so you can hear the music just through their existence.
Set in New York but really about the South. You could be forgiven for getting to the end of the book and not knowing you were in the Big Apple at all.
April 27, 2011
This book was reccommended by author Ed Lynskey and sounded good, so I gave it a try. Though Walter Moseley is best known for his Easy Rawlins stories, this book is not a mystery. It tracks the relationship of Soupspoon Wise, an aging bluesman suffering from cancer, and his neighbor Kiki, who takes him in on a sudden whim when Soupspoon is about to be evicted from his apartment. Both Kiki and Soupspoon have southern roots, and I especially enjoyed Soupspoon's narratives that detailed what life was like "comin' up" in the South. Kiki's character can be abrasive at times, but once her abusive background is explored you feel more empathy towards her. You don't have to be a blues fan to enjoy this book.
April 10, 2018
Whilst I really enjoy the Easy Rawlings books, I have loved Walter Mosley’s non series books. This one is essentially all about the Blues. For the uninitiated RL is Robert Johnson, a blues man all on his own, and Soupspoon, a dying blue an in New York is obsessed with the memory of him 50 years on. The characters are memorable, the writing exciting, making the book really great. As Soupspoon remembered RL, I remembered my best friend who died a few years ago, who introduced me to Walter Mosley for which I will always be grateful.
November 15, 2016
I love the Easy Rawlins books by Mosley so I decided to give this one a try.
It was a bit uncomfortable for this white, southern, middle-class, middle-age woman but it was an excellent dive into a unique group of characters.
Mosley's characters are always well written and complete. This book is no exception.
It is a love story to the Blues and Robert Johnson in particular.
A sad but wonderful depiction of an old Bluesman's last few months.
It was a bit uncomfortable for this white, southern, middle-class, middle-age woman but it was an excellent dive into a unique group of characters.
Mosley's characters are always well written and complete. This book is no exception.
It is a love story to the Blues and Robert Johnson in particular.
A sad but wonderful depiction of an old Bluesman's last few months.
August 13, 2012
Reminds me of Morrison's Jazz--but in a blues vein. Memorable. Kiki rescues Soupspoon. Eventually rescues herself. Life is the antogonist in this novel but life is the protagonist, too. And ain't that the blues?
July 10, 2013
Not the usual Mosley territory, this is one of his best nonetheless. A mix of the blues, race relations and American commentary, this is a great book.
June 30, 2016
New favourite author.
November 9, 2018
Sometimes books just show their way onto my bookshelf because sometimes, even though I have donated most of my books earlier this year and am no longer collecting things that my children, unfortunately, will have no interest in, a thrift store book can be just so complelling (and inexpensive) that I buy it and then re/recycle it.
That was a long intro to say, even though disappointed after reading KILLING JOHNNY FRY: a sexistential novel by Walter Mosley (Mosley deserves kudos for his courage, but let's hope sexistentialism is a one-night stand. Keir Graff Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved-Amazon Review), and thinking why has he jumped on the 50 SHADES OF GREY bandwagon (although I now know Mosley's book predates Jame's), and thinking I wouldn't read any more of Mosley's books, R L's Dream showed up on my bookshelf and I am, again, a fan.
I thought all of the characters in R L's Dream embodied the blues, the blues being the backbone of the novel. But, for me, because of what I've experienced, more than Soupspoon and Kiki, Randy was down low lost in the blues.
"The people Soupsoon had known lied to the white man, but Randy lied to himself."
The narrator, in discussing "passing" explains:
"Soupspoon knew them. Sometimes he'd catch one sitting down in a hotel lobby. By his profile or the way he folded his hands Soupspoon suspected their common roots. He'd be certain when the man would catch his glance and look quickly away. That man would have bad dreams for a month over that look. But he didn't need to worry, because Soupspoon wasn't going to tell. Nobody had to tell him why colored brothers and sisters passed. There wasn't a thing of value to being black in America back then."
The conversation of"negroes who'd passed" covered only a couple of pages, but it is history that I know, that I've refused to lie about to myself, yet it is the blues that I carry and will always carry.
R L's Dream is a book I am likely to reread to revisit all of the characters and know them better than my quick reading allows.
That was a long intro to say, even though disappointed after reading KILLING JOHNNY FRY: a sexistential novel by Walter Mosley (Mosley deserves kudos for his courage, but let's hope sexistentialism is a one-night stand. Keir Graff Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved-Amazon Review), and thinking why has he jumped on the 50 SHADES OF GREY bandwagon (although I now know Mosley's book predates Jame's), and thinking I wouldn't read any more of Mosley's books, R L's Dream showed up on my bookshelf and I am, again, a fan.
I thought all of the characters in R L's Dream embodied the blues, the blues being the backbone of the novel. But, for me, because of what I've experienced, more than Soupspoon and Kiki, Randy was down low lost in the blues.
"The people Soupsoon had known lied to the white man, but Randy lied to himself."
The narrator, in discussing "passing" explains:
"Soupspoon knew them. Sometimes he'd catch one sitting down in a hotel lobby. By his profile or the way he folded his hands Soupspoon suspected their common roots. He'd be certain when the man would catch his glance and look quickly away. That man would have bad dreams for a month over that look. But he didn't need to worry, because Soupspoon wasn't going to tell. Nobody had to tell him why colored brothers and sisters passed. There wasn't a thing of value to being black in America back then."
The conversation of"negroes who'd passed" covered only a couple of pages, but it is history that I know, that I've refused to lie about to myself, yet it is the blues that I carry and will always carry.
R L's Dream is a book I am likely to reread to revisit all of the characters and know them better than my quick reading allows.
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January 11, 2025
R L’s Dream is the story of the unlikely friendship between Soupspoon, an elderly and sickly Black blues musician from Mississippi, and Kiki, a much younger white woman who also grew up in the south. Soupspoon’s world is disappearing. His acquaintances are just memories now. In the world of today, nobody’s interested in Soupspoon’s life. Kiki is very strong-willed, but plagued by inner demons. She’s just 35, so she still has a lot of fight left in her. She makes a lot of mistakes, though.
This is a slow-moving book, filled mostly with Soupspoon’s memories. Unfortunately, these memories were the least interesting part of the book for me. Whenever Soupspoon slipped into his memories, it felt jolting, disrupting the narrative flow and pulling me away from the more compelling present-day story. It kind of felt like the book kept hitting the brakes just when it was getting interesting. Of course, Soupspoon’s past is important to him. It’s what formed him. He’s old now, and nobody’s interested in his story. R L’s Dream is about your connection to life disappearing as you age. But maybe the world hasn’t passed him by. Maybe he’s been too stuck in the past. I was hoping for more of the dynamic between Soupspoon and Kiki in the present, but overall, it made me think about how we value the stories of older generations.
This is a slow-moving book, filled mostly with Soupspoon’s memories. Unfortunately, these memories were the least interesting part of the book for me. Whenever Soupspoon slipped into his memories, it felt jolting, disrupting the narrative flow and pulling me away from the more compelling present-day story. It kind of felt like the book kept hitting the brakes just when it was getting interesting. Of course, Soupspoon’s past is important to him. It’s what formed him. He’s old now, and nobody’s interested in his story. R L’s Dream is about your connection to life disappearing as you age. But maybe the world hasn’t passed him by. Maybe he’s been too stuck in the past. I was hoping for more of the dynamic between Soupspoon and Kiki in the present, but overall, it made me think about how we value the stories of older generations.
March 29, 2019
La historia de un viejito todo triste recordando su vida a través del Blues.
Una historia melancólica e histórica donde los afroamericanos eran esclavos y un músico que vendió su alma al diablo, Robert Johnson. Aunque lo de Johnson fue más un clicbait aplicado por Mosley ya que se nos presenta tal cual Hanna Baker en la Segunda temporada de 13RW, pero aquí nuestro Clay es el viejito triste conocido como Spoon Wise que un dia se encuetra con una blanca sureña salvadora de negros llamada Kiki. Ella lo acoge y lo protege le cura las heridas pero el es lo que es, una maraña de recuerdos y blues.
Lo que me ha gustado: como toca el tema de la discriminación racial, la negación a lo que realmente eres en el personaje de Randy que se hacía llamar Descendiente de padre árabe y madre latina.
Lo que no me gustó: cómo Mosley le da a Kiki un final tan Rosa primero te la pinta como la blanquita loca y super heroína pero alcohólica y al final en dos renglones todo lo arregla cuando se casa y tiene hijos.
En fin... fue un bue libro, creo que una adaptación cinematográfica en esta época sería rentable, yo pondría a Forest Whitaker como Spoon Wise y a Jaime Fox como Robert Johnson.
Una historia melancólica e histórica donde los afroamericanos eran esclavos y un músico que vendió su alma al diablo, Robert Johnson. Aunque lo de Johnson fue más un clicbait aplicado por Mosley ya que se nos presenta tal cual Hanna Baker en la Segunda temporada de 13RW, pero aquí nuestro Clay es el viejito triste conocido como Spoon Wise que un dia se encuetra con una blanca sureña salvadora de negros llamada Kiki. Ella lo acoge y lo protege le cura las heridas pero el es lo que es, una maraña de recuerdos y blues.
Lo que me ha gustado: como toca el tema de la discriminación racial, la negación a lo que realmente eres en el personaje de Randy que se hacía llamar Descendiente de padre árabe y madre latina.
Lo que no me gustó: cómo Mosley le da a Kiki un final tan Rosa primero te la pinta como la blanquita loca y super heroína pero alcohólica y al final en dos renglones todo lo arregla cuando se casa y tiene hijos.
En fin... fue un bue libro, creo que una adaptación cinematográfica en esta época sería rentable, yo pondría a Forest Whitaker como Spoon Wise y a Jaime Fox como Robert Johnson.
September 30, 2020
This book took a while to read. It's not an easy book and there were spots that I had to reread to understand it. When this was published, Mosley was known more for his EZ Rawlins books. Since this was published, Mosley has published many books that are more than just detective stories even when they ARE detective stories.
RL'S Dream is about an Soupspoon, elderly cancer ridden black blues player who has burned too many bridges and finds himself thrown out of his apartment and sitting on the sidewalk on a cold day. A young white southern woman, Kiki, takes him in. She fled an abusive father at the age of 14. She's now 28 and a raging and angry alcoholic. She works for an insurance company and falsifies an insurance policy so that he can get treatment. Soupspoon is haunted by his one meeting with the famous blues player, Robert Johnson. He's never been able to match his talent. At the end of his life he gathers his own memories and those of others with the hope that someone will publish it.
This is a complex book that isn't an easy read, but it's worth it. Mosley is, in my opinion, one of the finest American writers. I don't think he gets the respect he deserves.
RL'S Dream is about an Soupspoon, elderly cancer ridden black blues player who has burned too many bridges and finds himself thrown out of his apartment and sitting on the sidewalk on a cold day. A young white southern woman, Kiki, takes him in. She fled an abusive father at the age of 14. She's now 28 and a raging and angry alcoholic. She works for an insurance company and falsifies an insurance policy so that he can get treatment. Soupspoon is haunted by his one meeting with the famous blues player, Robert Johnson. He's never been able to match his talent. At the end of his life he gathers his own memories and those of others with the hope that someone will publish it.
This is a complex book that isn't an easy read, but it's worth it. Mosley is, in my opinion, one of the finest American writers. I don't think he gets the respect he deserves.
June 22, 2023
Ogni tanto anche la comfort zone può riservare delle sorprese. Mi aspettavo di poter leggere Mosley facendo a meno di Rawlins, ci ho sperato fino a metà di questo libro, ma alla fine ho abbandonato questa pia illusione. Questo romanzo è sicuramente scritto bene - questa è stata l'unica consolazione mentre ne scorrevo le pagine - ma manca di quella tensione che c'è nei thriller dell'autore. È un viaggio nel Delta, lì dove nasce il blues, attraverso la vita di un vecchio malato di cancro che scopre, solo alla fine della sua corsa, il senso dell'amicizia e della solidarietà grazie a una pimpante bianca dai capelli rossi che decide di aiutarlo.
Mi permetto un giudizio semplicistico: se vi accontentate di una bella scatola, questo libro non vi deluderà. Ha intarsi meravigliosi che descrivono con grande efficacia le pieghe dell'animo umano. Se invece cercate un contenuto nella stessa, non ve lo consiglio. Manca - è mancato per me - quell'appiglio narrativo che tenga l'attenzione salda alle pagine. L'ho completato con difficoltà.
Mi permetto un giudizio semplicistico: se vi accontentate di una bella scatola, questo libro non vi deluderà. Ha intarsi meravigliosi che descrivono con grande efficacia le pieghe dell'animo umano. Se invece cercate un contenuto nella stessa, non ve lo consiglio. Manca - è mancato per me - quell'appiglio narrativo che tenga l'attenzione salda alle pagine. L'ho completato con difficoltà.
January 6, 2020
There are some really gritty, true-feeling things in this book. It definitely comes across as a glimpse into the lives of some really damaged people, and that makes it both interesting and at times, hard to take. (Some background info on the main female character for instance, is so brutal and disturbing, I kinda wish I'd never read it.)
As extreme as the characters are though, they never feel unbelievable (though I'm not entirely convinced that teenage girls are sexually attracted to 70+ year old musicians.) Ultimately, the story felt like a hard look at life when it doesn't work out the way we expect it to, and we have to make do with what we have.
As extreme as the characters are though, they never feel unbelievable (though I'm not entirely convinced that teenage girls are sexually attracted to 70+ year old musicians.) Ultimately, the story felt like a hard look at life when it doesn't work out the way we expect it to, and we have to make do with what we have.
September 22, 2021
Atwater «Cuchara» Wise, bluesero ya entrado en años, huye malherido de un lugar en el que se supone que deben cuidar de él� se encuentra con Kiki Waters, una chica que se compadece de él. Ambos irán forjando un lazo que los unirá como nunca antes pensaron.
Es una historia bonita, pero también cruda, no creo que sea para todo público. Hay partes muy interesantes: la esposa de «Cuchara» Wise y cómo se conocieron; Randy, el novio de Kiki, Robert RL Johnson como eje principal de toda su vida post-blues.
Todo muy bonito, y al mismo tiempo, triste.
Repito: no creo que sea una historia para todo mundo, pero igual se disfruta.
3⭐️
Es una historia bonita, pero también cruda, no creo que sea para todo público. Hay partes muy interesantes: la esposa de «Cuchara» Wise y cómo se conocieron; Randy, el novio de Kiki, Robert RL Johnson como eje principal de toda su vida post-blues.
Todo muy bonito, y al mismo tiempo, triste.
Repito: no creo que sea una historia para todo mundo, pero igual se disfruta.
3⭐️
March 30, 2019
I read the first page of this novel and could not put it down after that. It's the story of a strange friendship and the pull of the blues. Two characters on the edges of society are drawn together by the eviction of Soupspoon from his flat. He's old, and dying of cancer. A young white woman intervenes and takes him home, and the friendship begins. It's a highly unlikely pairing, but it works.
Soupspoon is an old blues player from the south, and he shares his story with Kiki, and gets to play his blues yet again.
Soupspoon is an old blues player from the south, and he shares his story with Kiki, and gets to play his blues yet again.
October 7, 2020
Walter Mosley is one of my favorite authors since Devil In a Blue Dress. I'm not surprised that I was really drawn to this on the strength of the writing and the stories of Soupspoon, Kiki and RL. The characters are always interesting and live the realest lives beyond the walls of propriety and morality. They became real people to me. Great voice and building up. I laughed, worried remembered. I felt it, smelled it,saw it, and heard it.
Listened to Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Lightnin' Hopkins, and others while reading.
Listened to Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Lightnin' Hopkins, and others while reading.
March 23, 2020
Quite simply one of my favourite books. Other reviewers have said they find RL'S Dream sad. I don't get that, to me this novel is about two damaged people who help and heal one another. Instead of dying alone and lost Soup Spoon Wise finds who he is again and dies fulfilled and at peace, whilst helping KiKi come to terms with the pain in her past and free herself from the torment. I find this novel uplifting; am I weird?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 4, 2018
FIRST LINE REVIEW: "Pain moved up the old man's hipbone like a plow breaking through hard sod." Oh, how I love the writing of Walter Mosley. Deeply painful, profoundly funny, honestly poetic. His gift is to take characters racked with a variety of hurt, who are misunderstood by so much of society, and make us care about them in all their brokenness and flaws. Important writing for today!
July 3, 2021
He felt a chill pass through his body and thought, Chilly death pass through me like a rill through the woods, like maybe I'ma wake up and all this I been goin' through is just a dream. The kinda dream that somebody like RL would have. A evil long-lastin' dream about all the bad things could happen here.
July 30, 2024
The Blues are alive!
The blues are as real as the pain of the past. A boiling pot of water or a loosie on a street corner. Playing games in your own home or loving a man that will never stay but leave a piece of himself behind. Don't reach for the angels but keep your eyes wide open. The devil is making deals!
The blues are as real as the pain of the past. A boiling pot of water or a loosie on a street corner. Playing games in your own home or loving a man that will never stay but leave a piece of himself behind. Don't reach for the angels but keep your eyes wide open. The devil is making deals!
July 25, 2021
I had never read anything by this author and I admit I found the book interesting and I enjoyed how the sorrow felt by all the characters was reflected in the blues they felt and the blues that Soupspoon sang and played. Human misery present in every page.
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