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Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994 / Andernach / Germany)
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Charles Bukowski, born in 1920, began writing at a young age and was first published in the 1940s. Then Bukowksi gave up writing for the world of work .. more >>
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Confession

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  waiting for death
like a cat
that will jump on the
bed

I am so very sorry for
my wife

she will see this
stiff
white
body
shake it once, then
maybe
again

"Hank!"

Hank won't
answer.

it's not my death that
worries me, it's my wife
left with this
pile of
nothing.

I want to
let her know
though
that all the nights
sleeping
beside her

even the useless
arguments
were things
ever splendid

and the hard
words
I ever feared to
say
can now be
said:

I love
you.

Charles Bukowski

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  Fake Name  (12/21/2008 2:21:00 AM)

I know, Jefffff. We come for the lonliness but stayt for the...
  Nomi Mas  (2/8/2008 7:19:00 AM)

from the heart. the best confession afterall
  Jeffrey Philip Clegg  (7/13/2005 4:40:00 PM)

Then he goes and writes something sweet like this? ?

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