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Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

i was glad

I was glad I had money in the Savings and Loan
Friday afternoon hungover
I didn’t have a job
 
I was glad I had money in the Savings and Loan
I didn’t know how to play a guitar
Friday afternoon hungover
 
Friday afternoon hungover
across the street from Norm’s
across the street from The Red Fez
 
I was glad I had money in the Savings and Loan
split with my girlfriend and blue and demented
I was glad to have my passbook and stand in line
 
I watched the buses run up Vermont
I was too crazy to get a job as a driver of buses
and I didn’t even look at the young girls
 
I got dizzy standing in line but I
just kept thinking I have money in this building
Friday afternoon hungover
 
I didn’t know how to play the piano
or even hustle a damnfool job in a carwash
I was glad I had money in the Savings and Loan
 
finally I was at the window
it was my Japanese girl
she smiled at me as if I were some amazing god
 
back again, eh? she said and laughed
as I showed her my withdrawal slip and my passbook
as the buses ran up and down Vermont
 
the camels trotted across the Sahara
she gave me the money and I took the money
Friday afternoon hungover
 
I walked into the market and got a cart
and I threw sausages and eggs and bacon and bread in there
I threw beer and salami and relish and pickles and mustard in there
 
I looked at the young housewives wiggling casually
I threw t-bone steaks and porterhouse and cube steaks in my cart
and tomatoes and cucumbers and oranges in my cart
 
Friday afternoon hungover
split with my girlfriend and blue and demented
I was glad I had money in the Savings and Loan.

#1973 #AmericanWriters #BurningInWaterDrowningInFlame #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned

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