The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems
- ISBN-10
- 006057707X
- ISBN-13
- 9780060577070
- Category
- Poetry
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-03-27
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Charles Bukowski
Description
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"
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