RKS Literature: “Quitting Junk and the Last Words of the Mad Dog Esposito Brothers” (William S. Burroughs)

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“Lee walked about the room. ‘I have to quit,’ he said over and over, feeling the gravity pull of junk in his cells. He experienced a moment of panic. A cry of despair wrenched his body: I have to get out of here: I have to make a break.’

As he said those words, he remembered whose words they were: the Mad Dog Esposito Brothers arrested at the scene of a multiple-slaying hold-up, separated from the electric chair by a little time and a few formalities, whispered these words into a police microphone planted in their beds in the detention ward.”

William S. Burroughs, “Lee and the Boys”, 1989.

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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