Bukowski

I have a tendency to read things and find quotes or poetry that i want to remember but my brain is like an old fucking sponge that cant hold enough water.. so ive gotta just start posting it and i wont forget.

"there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of
the hands of a clock.

people so tired
mutilated
either by love or no love.

people just are not good to each other
one on one.

the rich are not good to the rich
the poor are not good to the poor.

we are afraid.

our educational system tells us
that we can all be
big-ass winners.

it hasn't told us
about the gutters
or the suicides.

or the terror of one person
aching in one place
alone

untouched
unspoken to

watering a plant."

— Charles Bukowski (Love Is a Dog from Hell: Poems, 1974-1977)