the gas line is leaking, the bird is gone from the cage, the skyline is dotted with vultures; Benny finally got off the stuff and Betty now has a job as a waitress; and the chimney sweep was quite delicate as he giggled up through the soot. I walked miles through the city and recognized nothing as a giant claw ate at my stomach while the inside of my head felt airy as if I was about to go mad. it’s not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps meaning nothing, there’s no release, just gurus and self- appointed gods and hucksters. the more people say, the less there is to say. even the best books are dry sawdust. —from "fingernails; nostrils; shoelaces"
Author(s): Charles Bukowski
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 320
Tags: Библиотека;Зарубежная литература;На английском языке;Буковски Чарльз;
Title Page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
One......Page 11
For they had things to Say......Page 13
Evening Class, 20 Years Later......Page 14
The Snow of Italy......Page 16
Near a Plate Glass Window......Page 18
Beef Tongue......Page 20
The 1930s......Page 23
People as Flowers......Page 25
Acceptance......Page 28
Life at the P.O.......Page 31
The Minute......Page 33
Too Near the Slaughterhouse......Page 35
A Future Congressman......Page 36
Stranger in a Strange City......Page 38
Just Another Wino......Page 43
It is not Much......Page 45
The Bull......Page 47
The People, No......Page 49
You Might as Well Kiss Your Ass Goodbye......Page 51
Purple Glow......Page 54
One Thousand Dollars......Page 58
Grip the Dark......Page 59
The Dwarf with a Punch......Page 62
The Elephants of Vietnam......Page 66
Breakfast......Page 67
Inverted Love Song......Page 69
Salty Dogs......Page 70
Brainless Eyes......Page 72
Unbelievable......Page 74
War and Peace......Page 77
The Harder You Try......Page 80
Two......Page 81
All the Little Girls......Page 83
No More of those Young Men......Page 86
Legs......Page 90
Jane’s Shoes......Page 92
Rimbaud Be Damned......Page 93
Bewitched in New York......Page 108
Don’t Worry, Baby, I’ll Get It......Page 110
The Telephone Message Machine......Page 114
That Nice Girl Who Came in to Change the Sheets......Page 115
An Agreement on Tchaikovsky......Page 118
Love Song to the Woman I Saw Wednesday at the Racetrack......Page 120
Possession......Page 122
Six......Page 123
Man Mowing the Lawn Across the Way From Me......Page 124
The Girl Outside......Page 126
The Chicken......Page 128
An Ancient Love......Page 130
Match Point......Page 131
I Also Like to Look at Ceilings......Page 132
No Cagney, Me......Page 133
Soup, Cosmos and Tears......Page 135
Peacock or Bell......Page 138
Purple and Black......Page 140
Fulfillment......Page 142
Yours......Page 145
Kissing Me Away......Page 147
Goodbye, My Love......Page 154
Heat......Page 155
The Police Helicopter......Page 156
Ah......Page 158
Of Course......Page 159
The Dream, the Dream......Page 160
Note on the Tigress......Page 161
Three......Page 163
Poem for My Daughter......Page 165
Sheets......Page 168
Sick Leave......Page 170
My Father......Page 172
The Old Woman......Page 174
What Made You Lose Your Inspiration?......Page 176
Another Poem About A Drunk and Then I’ll Let You Go......Page 179
Dead Dog......Page 182
I Live in a Neighborhood of Murder......Page 187
The Bombing of Berlin......Page 188
All Right, Camus......Page 189
Quits......Page 191
Adolf......Page 194
The Anarchists......Page 196
Perfect White Teeth......Page 198
4 Blocks......Page 200
You Can’t Force Your Way Through the Eye of the Needle......Page 203
Two Kinds of Hell......Page 205
My Faithful Indian Servant......Page 208
A Plausible Finish......Page 210
Another One of My Critics......Page 212
Fog......Page 214
Free?......Page 218
Imported Punch......Page 220
It Was An Underwood......Page 222
The Creation Coffin......Page 223
The 7 Horse......Page 225
The Suicide......Page 228
Overcast......Page 234
The Final Word......Page 236
Fingernails; Nostrils; Shoelaces......Page 237
After Receiving a Contributor’s Copy......Page 239
Poor Night......Page 242
You Write Many Poems About Death......Page 245
Four......Page 247
Dog......Page 249
The Hatred for Hemingway......Page 250
Looking at the Cat’s Balls......Page 254
Contributors’ Notes......Page 257
On Beer Cans and Sugar Cartons......Page 259
Pay Your Rent or Get Out......Page 263
Note on a Door Knocker......Page 265
The American Flag Shirt......Page 266
Age......Page 267
The Dogs Bark Knives......Page 268
The Hog in the Hedge......Page 270
I Never Bring My Wife......Page 273
An Interview At 70......Page 276
2 Views......Page 278
Van Gogh and 9 Innings......Page 280
9 A.M.......Page 282
Lousy Day......Page 283
Sadness in the Air......Page 285
The Great Debate......Page 289
Our Deep Sleep......Page 292
The Sorry History of Myself......Page 294
Law......Page 296
A Great Writer......Page 298
A Gigantic Thirst......Page 300
Eulogies......Page 302
A Residue......Page 303
1990 Special......Page 305
Passage......Page 306
A Most Dark Night in April......Page 307
Sun Coming Down......Page 308
About the Author......Page 310
Also by Charles Bukowski......Page 311
Credits......Page 313
Copyright Notice......Page 314
About the Publisher......Page 315
