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Remembering Bukowski

May 15, 2016 by Michael Guerin

Prowling the streets and lanes
Of Amsterdam I used to cruise the bookstores
With a fresh-faced comrade
Searching for one more
Masterpiece of yours for me to greedily
Consume on early Saturday mornings,
Cold Heineken in hand.
By number three
I would feel your groove, the pages
Flying by devouring
Lines from Factotum, Post Office, Women
Or Ham on Rye —
It didn’t really matter much which one,
Just to hear your voice like
John the Baptist howling out as only a madman
In the desert could, warning
The meek or naïve to cash it in
Before getting dealt
Another crooked hand.
By the box-load I dragged
The weight of your words back home
Only later coming round to
Your other tomes, found in all places
On a college reading list and wondering
Aloud about who’d have the balls
To share your naked truth
With the uninitiated.

For all things Bukowski visit http://bukowski.net/

About Michael Guerin

writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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