Wednesday, March 23, 2011

I don't believe Bukowski.

I don't believe he never struggled for a word.
I don't believe it always roared
Or burned like the sun.
I believe he meant it as a challenge.
I believe he wanted to scare
Those of us who could be scared away.
I won't be.

2 comments:

  1. Gracefully rage against that which tries to bring you down!

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  2. I also don't believe him, but I wonder if it might be another case of how something appears in art being different from the reality of it in life (even as his art is trying to claim that it blurs the distinction).

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