“all that” by Charles Bukowski
the only things I remember about New York City in the summer are the fire escapes and how the people go out on the fire escapes in the evening when the sun is setting on the other side of the buildings...
View Article“a song with no end” by Charles Bukowski
when Whitman wrote, “I sing the body electric” I know what he meant I know what he wanted: to be completely alive every moment in spite of the inevitable. we can’t cheat death but we can make it work...
View Article“The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski (repost)
your life is your life don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are ways out. there is a light somewhere. it may not be much light but it beats the darkness. be on the...
View Article“the great escape” by Charles Bukowski
listen, he said, you ever seen a bunch of crabs in a bucket? no, I told him. well, what happens is that now and then one crab will climb up on top of the others and begin to climb toward the top of the...
View Article“The Genius of the Crowd” by Charles Bukowski (repost)
there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day and the best at murder are those who preach against it and the best at hate are...
View Article“the hookers, the madmen and the doomed” by Charles Bukowski
today at the track 2 or 3 days after the death of the jock came this voice over the speaker asking us all to stand and observe a few moments of silence. well, that’s a tired formula and I don’t like it...
View Article“exactly right” by Charles Bukowski
the strays keep arriving: now we have 5 cats and they are smart, spontaneous, self- absorbed, naturally poised and awesomely beautiful. one of the finest things about cats is that when you’re feeling...
View Article“mind and heart” by Charles Bukowski
unaccountably we are alone forever alone and it was meant to be that way, it was never meant to be any other way– and when the death struggle begins the last thing I wish to see is a ring of human...
View Article“ruin” by Charles Bukowski
William Saroyan said, “I ruined my life by marrying the same woman twice.” there will always be something to ruin our lives, William, it all depends upon what or which finds us first, we are always...
View Article“mind and heart” by Charles Bukowski (repost)
unaccountably we are alone forever alone and it was meant to be that way, it was never meant to be any other way– and when the death struggle begins the last thing I wish to see is a ring of human...
View Article“Bluebird” by Charles Bukowski (repost) and “Bluebird” by Miranda Lambert
bluebird by Charles Bukowski there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you. there’s a bluebird in my heart...
View Article“A Vote For the Gentle Light” by Charles Bukowski (repost)
a vote for the gentle light burned senseless by other people’s constant depression, I pull the curtains apart, aching for the gentle light. it’s there, it’s there somewhere, I’m sure. oh, the...
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