Just one more for the road BUKOWSKI
just one thing
to know
and only know this:
NEVER be boring!
a poem is a passer
free as the air
'tis not archaic poesy
declaimed
by peda-
gogues
in frayed gowns
and caps
powdered
with chalk
for such
is a Krankheit
the coffin awaits
(the graveyard is full)
yet ,
one saves my soul
and he is a demon
a poet
and a demagogue
I recharge the tumbler
press the damned page
the black sparrow sings
the songs for the age
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note:
line 10: Krankheit - an illness (Ger.)
line 5: passer or passerine - a sparrow
penultimate line: Black Sparrow Press - Bukowski's main publisher
I believe Bukowzski once went out on a drinking binge that lasted 10 years.
ReplyDeleteAs also did Guy Debord. I much admired him because he wrote a chapter on drinking in his autobiography.
ReplyDeleteRachel, thanks for introducing me to Guy Debord. There is some interesting videos on YouTube of CB in various stages of inebriation during TV interviews. Also on my Bukowski link (click on his head) you can access his FBI files made available under the freedom of information act.
ReplyDeleteI will check out Bukowzski on YouTube when I have a moment. Thanks for the tip. Guy Debord and the Situationists are worth having a look at.
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