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“This last year, I have been in flight But always in ignorance of invisible pursuers. Now I know that all my life has been a flight”
― T.S. Eliot, The Family Reunion

“Beware Those Who Seek Constant
Crowds; They Are Nothing
Alone”
― Charles Bukowski, Essential Bukowski: Poetry: A Definitive Anthology of Raw and Profound American Poetry

“this then
will be my destiny:
scrabbling for pennies in dark tiny halls
reading poems I have long since become tired
of. and I used to think
that men who drove buses
or cleaned out latrines
or murdered men in alleys were
fools.”
― Charles Bukowski, Essential Bukowski: Poetry: A Definitive Anthology of Raw and Profound American Poetry

“you will write many poems about death

yes, and here's another one
and later it might even end up in one of my
books.

and
the book will be sitting on a
shelf
waiting for you
long after I am
gone.

think of that:
in a sense I will be speaking again
just for you.

and remember this:
the page you are looking at
now,
I once typed the words
with care
with you in mind
under a yellow light
with the radio
on.

If you think about death
long enough
I have found
it belongs
it makes sense
just like

this typewriter
this match book
this paper clip

and
the next page
and the next poem
after this
one.”
― Charles Bukowski