#1977 #AmericanWriters #LoveIsADogFromHell
I went over the other day to pick up my daughter. her mother came out with workman’s overalls on. I gave her the child support money
good weather is like good women— it doesn’t always happen and when it does
The 5th grade was a little better. The other students seemed less hostile and I was growing larger physically. I still wasn’t chosen for the homeroom teams but I was threatened less. Da...
Office of Postmaster—United States Post Office—January 1, 1970 The attention of all employees is directed to the Code of Ethics for postal employees as set forth in Part 742 of the Post...
screen like a burglar to take your… the snake had crawled the hole, and she said, tell me about yourself.
dogs and angels are not very different. I often go to this place to eat about 2:30 in the afternoon
first of all, I had a hard time, a… locating the parking lot for the b… wasn’t off the main boulevard wher… the cars all driven by merciless k… were doing 55 mph in a 25 mph zone…
I didn’t have any friends at school, didn’t want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me. During lunch one day I was a...
feet of cheese coffeepot soul hands that hate poolsticks eyes like paperclips I prefer red wine
neither does this mean the dead are at the door begging bread before
the old L.A. Public Library burn… down that library downtown and with it went large part of my
the swans drown in bilge water, take down the signs, test the poisons, barricade the cow from the bull,
are we going to the movies or not? she asked him. all right, he said, let’s go. I’m not going to put any pan ties… so you can finger-fuck me in the
the men phone and ask me that. are you really Charles Bukowski the writer? they ask. I’m a sometimes writer, I say, most often I don’t do anything.
Her father really hated me. He thought I was after his money. I didn’t want his god damned money. And I didn’t even want his god damned precious daughter. The only time I ever saw him w...