The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems
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the gas line is leaking, the bird is gone from the
cage, the skyline is dotted with vultures;
Benny finally got off the stuff and Betty now has a job
as a waitress; and
the chimney sweep was quite delicate as he
giggled up through the
soot.
I walked miles through the city and recognized
nothing as a giant claw ate at my
stomach while the inside of my head felt
airy as if I was about to go
mad.
it’s not so much that nothing means
anything but more that it keeps meaning
nothing,
there’s no release, just gurus and self-
appointed gods and hucksters.
the more people say, the less there is to say.
even the best books are dr
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Manufacturer: Ecco
Release date: 8 January 2008
ISBN-10 : 0060577088 | ISBN-13: 9780060577087
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Release date: 8 January 2008
ISBN-10 : 0060577088 | ISBN-13: 9780060577087
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Keaster added this to a list 3 years, 2 months ago
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"I hadn't read Bukowski in years when I stumbled upon this posthumous collection of his poems in the library and decided to pick it up to be read in the shitter, which is a very good environment for reading the man I must say. I was a tad surprised to find that from all the poems I've read from him, this collection included easily some of his best. No surprises here of course for anybody who's read even a bit of him, but the poems are well-composed, they flow well in their honest simplicity, and"
Keaster rated this 8/10 3 years, 2 months ago