The Essential Bukowski: Poetry
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remember his wife used his compositions to line the cat boxes with or to cover jars of sour milk;
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desperate women: lady wrestlers, nurses, waitresses, whores
Cory Jones
After reading his poems, I always have to have a follow up discussion with my therapist. Why does my mind work the way it does?
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you who have killed a man and own a beautiful wife you tell me why I am on fire like old dry garbage.
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people who live on hot dogs and potato chips for 3 days before payday feel bad enough.
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Jesus, Christ, my sisters warned me about you! they told me what you were like! I didn’t believe them, hell, you looked like a man! all your books, thousands of poems, and what do you know? you’re afraid to look at a woman’s pussy! all you can do is drink! do you think it takes any guts to drink? here I’ve given you 5 years of my life and what do you do?: you won’t even discuss things with me!
Cory Jones
Enough said.