Alone With Everybody by Charles Bukowski
By Petra Creffield
A post to pay homage the great man Bukowski.
Alone With Everybody
the flesh covers the bone
and they put a mind
in there and
sometimes a soul,
and the women break
vases against the walls
and the men drink too
much
and nobody finds the
one
but keep
looking
crawling in and out
of beds.
flesh covers
the bone and the
flesh searches
for more than
flesh.
there's no chance
at all:
we are all trapped
by a singular
fate.
nobody ever finds
the one.
the city dumps fill
the junkyards fill
the madhouses fill
the hospitals fill
the graveyards fill
nothing else
fills.
Charles Bukowski
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© Charles Bukowski
Published on Saturday, August 18, 2007.
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A former member wrote:
Bukowski was awesome...good tribute
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On Saturday, August 18, 2007, Dancing_Monkey
(1228) wrote:
I only saw the two movies about him. They both had good leading actors. *Shifty eyes*
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On Saturday, August 18, 2007, verablue
(106) wrote:
it says (c) charles bukowski at the bottom, does that mean you did not write this?
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On Saturday, August 18, 2007, Petra Creffield
(26) wrote:
yea that means i ddin't write this, CB did, i posted it because i love his words and way of writing and also liked the idea of illustrating one of his poems with one of my photographs P
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On Saturday, August 18, 2007, carlosjackal
(2788) wrote:
Although that poem he wrote about being in his car near a bus stop and wanting to kiss the 13 year old girls who stood in the shelter was bit too near the mark for my liking. Nice piccie :) -Carl
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On Saturday, August 18, 2007, Alanarchy
(1168) wrote:
Glum, but then that's Bukowski for the most part. Hard edged, and that's also Bu. Always alone in the crowd. Very nice.
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A former member wrote:
that ending as always~ such a solitary spirit befitting the lost adrift feather. . .hmmm