It's a Long Walk to the Liquor Store

Book excerpt: It’s a Long Walk to the Liquor Store was inspired by the Anza Borrego desert, Morphine (the band), and the Heroin Hotel near the Salton Sea. It’s a one way e-ticket ride into the surrealistic mindset of a poet discovering for the first time the true implications of love, alcohol, and poetry. The entire book was created behind the now elusive ‘Green door’ of number 157 where John befriended some of the most talented and creative people he’d ever encountered. The entire book was penned within those walls; where the door was always unlocked with a standing invitation to join in the creative processes taking place within. Countless bottles, many friends, and even a couple of coffee tables were lost forever while John chased the muse during the writing of It’s a Long Walk to the Liquor Store. Twenty years later the book is seeing the light for the first time.