Never read
Bukowski
before bed.
You'll dream of
shitty apartments,
empty, rattling
wine bottles,
and scabby hookers.
Then, mid dream,
you'll realize
you're sweating
buckets
between your ass cheeks.
I am a Bukowski fan myself. I met him a long time ago. I was traveling the coastline of California and I didn’t who he was that day. , reading at poetry readings off highway one and drinking. I bought drinks for him and he read my work. He was mean as the devil and he told me. My poetry was shit, suffer more and you will become a good writer. I look forward to reading them. Bukowski wrote what he wanted and became famous. He didn’t allow it to change him.
LOL I’m not surprised he was mean. He always said he treated men infinitely worse than women… and that should really say something. I do love his writing, the courage there… just to say it plainly.
Absolutely … and his love poems were the best. They don’t idealize love, turn into some flower bullshit… he talks about the reality of it. I like that honesty.
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Bukowski still had fun. He needed little and he did enjoy the good days. Very nice. Bukowski would liked this poem.
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Thanks! I have a few scheduled that I suspect he’d probably like.
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I am a Bukowski fan myself. I met him a long time ago. I was traveling the coastline of California and I didn’t who he was that day. , reading at poetry readings off highway one and drinking. I bought drinks for him and he read my work. He was mean as the devil and he told me. My poetry was shit, suffer more and you will become a good writer. I look forward to reading them. Bukowski wrote what he wanted and became famous. He didn’t allow it to change him.
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LOL I’m not surprised he was mean. He always said he treated men infinitely worse than women… and that should really say something. I do love his writing, the courage there… just to say it plainly.
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Me too Leia. He was one of a kind.
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Absolutely … and his love poems were the best. They don’t idealize love, turn into some flower bullshit… he talks about the reality of it. I like that honesty.
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Enjoyed this, Leia!
Though I now feel rather disappointed with my own post-Bukowski dreams.
(Can’t remember any scabby hookers at all. LOL!😄)
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Haha! Oh dear! I’m glad you were spared the scabby hookers though, it wasn’t pleasant. 😉
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