In 1992, right before the George Bush vs. Bill Clinton presidential election, an editor wrote to Charles Bukowski and asked if he had any poems to contribute to a politics issue of the man’s publication. This was his response.
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yourselfMay 01, 2025
We drank heavily, and one morning I woke up with the worst hangover I ever had, like a steel band around my head.”May 01, 2025
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.
I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was se...
They forces aren’t going to let you sit around fucking-off and relaxing. You’ve got to do it their way.
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The problem with world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.May 01, 2025
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confide...
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
May 01, 2025
People are strange
In a capitalistic society the losers slaved for the winners and you have to have more losers than winners. What did I thin...
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“I was a man who thrived on solitude... The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.” — Charles Bukowski...
It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better...
In 1992, right before the George Bush vs. Bill Clinton presidential election, an editor wrote to Charles Bukowski and aske...
And we don’t care about anything…
How sadness protected a young Bukowski.
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