Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowskiwas an American poet, novelist, and short story writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 August 1920
CityAndernach, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
fighting minutes
to fight for each minute is to fight for what is possible within yourself, so that your life and your death will not be like theirs.
color slavery
Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.
children hate love-you
dont undress my love you might find a mannequin dont undress the mannequin you might find love. shes long ago forgotten me. hes trying on a new hat and looks more the coquette then ever. she is a child and a mannequin and death. i can't hate that. she didnt do anything unusual. I only wanted her to.
mistake seems
It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.
world wanted whole-world
I wanted the whole world or nothing.
easter clever children
The ladies usually go for the biggest damn fool they can find; that is why the human race stands where it does today: we have bred the clever and lasting Casanovas, all hollow inside, like the chocolate Easter bunnies we foster upon our poor children.
matter
Why did I come here? I thought. Why is it always only a matter of choosing between something bad and something worse?
light
There is light somewhere.
mistake
It began as a mistake.
self voice matter
It was only the matter of a new voice. Nobody listened to an old voice anymore. Old voices became a part of one's self, like a fingernail.
angel
Angels, we have grown apart.