Oh Yes Poem by Charles Bukowski

Oh Yes

Rating: 3.7


there are worse things than
being alone
but it often takes decades
to realize this
and most often
when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than
too late.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Stevie 24 March 2019

Copied this into a journal a decade ago and couldn't find it this morning when I thought about it. Thanks! !

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Fiona Schwartzinoff 21 December 2013

Powerful words. Well done.

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Assorted Thoughts 03 December 2011

Amid the clouded, alcoholic meanderings of a misguided, overbearing self grandiose mindset and a vain attempt to gather credibility through hedonistic themes… Umm It appears Charles did have a few moments of supreme clarity. Well Done, sir

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Danielle Luckett 03 November 2007

Two truths in one poem...'there are worse things than being alone' and 'nothing worse than too late' So, too late is worse than being alone...almost contradictory. But, not if it expresses what I WISH for it to convey...there are worse things than being with the wrong person...but nothing...nothing compares to having missed out on the right one.

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