sweet sweet bukowski
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- _salisae_
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 that
wants to get out
but I pur whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?
- mr_snuggles0
If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs. And maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery or isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection in the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. And the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.
- _salisae_0
that poem makes me cry every time. well .. tear up a little
- rasko40
factotum is yet further proof of what an utter cockslave matt dillon is.
- mr_snuggles0
I'm no Dillon fan but he was better than Rourke...
- Crouwel0
i am pretty much isolating myself here.
sort of maintaining my social garden. throwing away the weeds and that.
secretly.
i have received critique from people who do not approve, even though they are not affected.
maybe i am a cunt now?
- moth0
bukowski would hate us all.
- Crouwel0
i meant "CULTIVATING my social garden"
far from maintaining..
- Randd0
huh?
- mr_snuggles0
I hate you all...
- Crouwel0
i second that.
- rasko40
somebody must have something of use to me, surely somebody has something to offer, something I need.
- GreedoLives0
i stole your wallet while you were crabbing.
- Randd0
I got nuthin
- Nairn0
Cause and Effect
the best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand
why anybody
would ever want to
get away
from
them
- Crouwel0
this thread sure unleashes a cloud of dopamine from my brain.
- bolus0
janne, please remind me of uploading something really nice next week, for all bukowski fans
it's on my external drive....
- Mimio0
That or some serotonin Crouwel.
- mr_snuggles0
it's true, we all have bums, and they all get shitty...