evidence by Charles Bukowski
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greatpoetrywhores and great poets should
avoid one another:
their professions are dangerously
similar:
from the Roman Empire to our
Atomic Age
there have been about an equal
number of whores and
poets
with the authorities continually
trying to outlaw
the former
and ignore the latter
-- which tells you
how dangerous
poetry
really
is.
avoid one another:
their professions are dangerously
similar:
from the Roman Empire to our
Atomic Age
there have been about an equal
number of whores and
poets
with the authorities continually
trying to outlaw
the former
and ignore the latter
-- which tells you
how dangerous
poetry
really
is.
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Date: 2012-05-03 03:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-03 04:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-10 05:26 pm (UTC)(in this instance,
'the authorities')
tend to ignore
what they don't understand
or what makes them afraid.
Which Bukowski would
have us believe
is poetry.
Personally,
I think he was
terrified of women. ;)