Bukowski

THE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE FLOWERS AT LAST

This is what I’ve learned about Bukowski from reading this book:

Number 1: he likes to go to horse races. Actually, I don’t even think he likes it. It’s just something he does, maybe for something to do. Maybe it’s routine.

Number 2: he refers to himself as ‘Chinaski’.

Number 3: he loves women. He loves sleeping with them. He can’t keep a woman.

Number 4: he likes coffee. Especially at places he is comfortable.

Number 5: he recognizes people others don’t see.

Number 6: he likes to shit. He’ll tell you when he is shitting.

Number 7: he talks about Hemingway alot. Hemingway must mean something to him.

Number 8: he is raw. Extremely raw. And honest.

There is something interesting about a person’s favourite poem. I almost tells you more about a person than they could tell you themselves. Here are some of mine from this book. They are difficult to find on le internet, but you can try. I recommend the book, though. It’s great.

Some of my favourites include:

the old woman
ah
the creation coffin
fog
of course
legs
Rimbaud be damned
possession
Salty Dogs
fingernails; nostrils; shoelaces

 this one is short so I decided to put it on here for you:

of course

according to the latest scientific
study
it takes 325 years for the last
brain cell
to pop.

now I realize that
most of the girls
I met in bars
and brought home with me
were lying about
their

age.