Charles Bukowski

A Moment

I don't know if this is true to you but for me
sometimes if gets so bad
that anything else
say like
looking at a bird on an overhead power line
seems as great as a beethoven symphony
then you forget it and you're back again.

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For me, the only way to get through difficult situations is to convince myself that I am empty inside. That the world will stay the same no matter what. I wont conbust inside because something happens, if I am empty and there is nothing left to destroy.

"I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me. "
Anaïs Nin

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I started having those dreadful dreams again. Those dreams in which I see his face, his entire body. It makes me feel guilty, but I can't help my dreams. So powerful and pompous, he's there. I wake up and look at my new love with regret and a bit of resentment. I wish I could delete him from my memory and from my entire being. I don't want these ( Read more... )

She tells her love while half asleep,
             In the dark hours
               With half words whispered low;
As Earth stirs in her winter sleep
       And puts out grass and flowers
             Despite the snow
             Despite the falling snow

Robert Graves

Absurdity, to me, is when people tell you things because you are under weight. Things that could easily be said if you were over weight. Things like, "So, when are you going to die?" Someone said that to me today, and the blood rushed to my face, making my cheeks burn with anger and repulsion. I wanted to spew a lava of insults, but I replied with ( Read more... )