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uswritten by Charles Bukowski

often it is the only
thing
between you and
impossibility.
no drink,
no woman's love,
no wealth
can
match it.



Charles Bukowski

Other poems by Charles Bukowski

Hooray Say The Roses

uswritten by Charles Bukowski, published on Sat 01.09.2010 at 03:01

hooray say the roses, today is blamesday
and we are red as blood.
hooray say the roses, today is Wednesday

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Marina

uswritten by Charles Bukowski, published on Thu 01.07.2010 at 20:25

majestic, majic
infinite
my little girl is
sun
on the carpet-
out the door
picking a flower, ha!
an old man,
battle-wrecked,

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So Now?

uswritten by Charles Bukowski, published on Thu 01.07.2010 at 03:53

the words have come and gone,
I sit ill.
the phone rings, the cats sleep.
Linda vacuums.
I am waiting to live,
waiting to die.

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Out Of The Arm Of One Love...

uswritten by Charles Bukowski, published on Wed 12.30.2009 at 01:49

out of the arm of one love
and into the arms of another

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Poetry

uswritten by Charles Bukowski, published on Mon 12.14.2009 at 17:32

it
takes
a lot of

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Mama

uswritten by Charles Bukowski, published on Thu 12.03.2009 at 00:59

here I am
in the ground
my mouth
open
and
I can't even say
mama,
and
the dogs run by and stop and piss

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