Some of Bukowski's poems might seem destructive, vulgar or full of profanity. But I only quote a part of his poem here from "quit before the sun", it echoes --
we used to destroy, now we note
what remains:
us, them, we and the
machinery.
neatly bound like the snail and
the leaf.
what
god awful gaff these rules
are!
who set this up?
... ...
what matters most is what happens…mehrSome of Bukowski's poems might seem destructive, vulgar or full of profanity. But I only quote a part of his poem here from "quit before the sun", it echoes --
we used to destroy, now we note
what remains:
us, them, we and the
machinery.
neatly bound like the snail and
the leaf.
what god awful gaff these rules
are!
who set this up?
... ...
what matters most is what happens to
somebody else, not
yourself.
... ...
the unexpected magic of a point
well made
can get you from fire to fire,
from hell to hell.
... ...
Right now in this crazy world, I do wish I can get a poem from you, Chinaski!