Heather

“All that shit they were fed about democracy and opportunity was just to keep them from burning down the palace.”
― Charles Bukowski

“she died of alcoholism
wrapped in a blanket
on a deck chair
on an ocean
steamer.

all her books of
terrified loneliness

all her books about
the cruelty
of loveless love

were all that was left
of her

as the strolling vacationer
discovered her body

notified the captain

and she was quickly dispatched
to somewhere else
on the ship

as everything
continued just
as
she had written it.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Pleasures of the Damned

“It’s not because it’s popular that it is true. The mass doesn’t care about truth; in fact it cherishes carefully crafted lies”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Book of Wisdom

“I knew that I was dying.
Something in me said,
Go ahead, die, sleep, become as them, accept.
Then something else in me said, no,
save the tiniest bit.
It needn't be much, just a spark.
A spark can set a whole forest on fire.
Just a spark.
Save it.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems