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Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

The Look:
once bought a toy rabbit
at a department store
and now he sits and ponders
me with pink sheer eyes:
 
He wants golf balls and glass
walls.
want quiet thunder.
 
Our disappointment sits between us.

#AmericanWriters #1993 #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned

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