Charles Bukowski Poems

often it is the only
thing
between you and
impossibility.
...

she was hot, she was so hot
I didn't want anybody else to have her,
and if I didn't get home on time
...

the history of melancholia
includes all of us.

me, I writhe in dirty sheets
while staring at blue walls
...

a girlfriend came in
built me a bed
scrubbed and waxed the kitchen floor
scrubbed the walls
...

sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think,
I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside
remembering all the times you've felt that way, and
you walk to the bathroom, do your toilet, see that face
...

the lady has me temporarily off the bottle
and now the pecker stands up
better.
however, things change overnight--
...

cimen altinda gecen 225 gunden sonra benden daha cok sey biliyor olmalisin.
kanini emip bitireli epey oldu, artik bir sepetteki kuru bir cubuksun.
...

In the betting line the other
day
man behind me asked,
"are you Henry
...

when you're young
a pair of
female
high-heeled shoes
...