Charles Bukowski - T..

315 Pages·2008·0.74 MB·English

by  Charles Bukowski

the
people look
like flowers
at last
new poems
CHARLES
BUKOWSKI
EDITED BY JOHN MARTIN

contents
one
for they had things to say 3
evening class, 20 years later 4
the snow of Italy 6
near a plate glass window 8
beef tongue 10
the 1930s 13
people as flowers 15
acceptance 18
life at the P.O. 21
the minute 23
too near the slaughterhouse 25
a future congressman 26
stranger in a strange city 28
just another wino 33
it is not much 35
the bull 37
the people, no 39
you might as well kiss your ass goodbye 41
purple glow 44
one thousand dollars 48
grip the dark 49
the dwarf with a punch 52
the elephants of Vietnam 56
breakfast 57
inverted love song 59
Salty Dogs 60
brainless eyes 62
unbelievable 64
war and peace 67
the harder you try 70
two
all the little girls 73
no more of those young men 76
legs 80
Jane’s shoes 82
Rimbaud be damned 83
bewitched in New York 98
don’t worry, baby, I’ll get it 100
the telephone message machine 104
that nice girl who came in to change the sheets 105
an agreement on Tchaikovsky 108
love song to the woman I saw Wednesday at the racetrack 110
possession 112
six 113
man mowing the lawn across the way from me 114
the girl outside 116
the chicken 118
an ancient love 120
match point 121
I also like to look at ceilings 122
no Cagney, me 123
soup, cosmos and tears 125
peacock or bell 128
purple and black 130
fulfillment 132
yours 135
kissing me away 137
goodbye, my love 144
heat 145
the police helicopter 146
ah 148
of course 149
the dream, the dream 150
note on the tigress 151
three
poem for my daughter 155
sheets 158
sick leave 160
my father 162
the old woman 164
what made you lose your inspiration? 166
another poem about a drunk and then I’ll let you go 169
dead dog 172
I live in a neighborhood of murder 177
the bombing of Berlin 178
all right, Camus 179
quits 181
Adolf 184
the anarchists 186
perfect white teeth 188
4 blocks 190
you can’t force your way through the eye of the needle 193
two kinds of hell 195
my faithful Indian servant 198
a plausible finish 200
another one of my critics 202
fog 204
free? 208
imported punch 210
it was an UNDERWOOD 212
the creation coffin 213
the 7 horse 215
the suicide 218
overcast 224
the final word 226
fingernails; nostrils; shoelaces 227
after receiving a contributor’s copy 229
poor night 232
you write many poems about death 235
four
dog 239
the hatred for Hemingway 240
looking at the cat’s balls 244
contributors’ notes 247
on beer cans and sugar cartons 249
pay your rent or get out 253
note on a door knocker 255
the American Flag Shirt 256
age 257
the dogs bark knives 258
the hog in the hedge 260
I never bring my wife 263
an interview at 70 266
2 views 268
van Gogh and 9 innings 270
9 a.m. 272
lousy day 273
sadness in the air 275
the great debate 279
our deep sleep 282
the sorry history of myself 284
law 286
a great writer 288
a gigantic thirst 290
eulogies 292
a residue 293
1990 special 295
passage 296
a most dark night in April 297
sun coming down 298
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