tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016105410577937970.post1936438596381497845..comments2023-07-04T10:38:59.433-05:00Comments on Books r Us: Charles BukowskiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016105410577937970.post-15361492253871389642007-11-28T22:07:00.000-06:002007-11-28T22:07:00.000-06:00Too Late! I've been Youtubed. The poem I like best...Too Late! I've been Youtubed. <BR/><BR/>The poem I like best by Bukowski is called "So Now?" His approach to death reminds me of Nabokov and the idea of existing between birth and death..always closer to one than the other, but never appreciating our position.<BR/><BR/><BR/>the words have come and gone,<BR/>I sit ill.<BR/>the phone rings, the cats sleep.<BR/>Linda vacuums.<BR/>I am waiting to live,<BR/>waiting to die. <BR/>I wish I could ring in some bravery.<BR/>it's a lousy fix<BR/>but the tree outside doesn't know:<BR/>I watch it moving with the wind<BR/>in the late afternoon sun. <BR/>there's nothing to declare here,<BR/>just a waiting.<BR/>each faces it alone. <BR/>Oh, I was once young,<BR/>Oh, I was once unbelievably<BR/>young!Books r Ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02525290107170825927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016105410577937970.post-5336930050748680562007-11-28T19:40:00.000-06:002007-11-28T19:40:00.000-06:00A warning: don't listen to Bukowski speak. Read hi...A warning: don't listen to Bukowski speak. Read him, but try not to hear his voice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com