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November 22nd 2007 06:56
I Made A Mistake
by Charles Bukowski
by Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
I reached up into the top of the closet
and took out a pair of blue panties
and showed them to her and
asked "are these yours?"
and she looked and said,
"no, those belong to a dog."
she left after that and I haven't seen
her since. she's not at her place.
I keep going there, leaving notes stuck
into the door. I go back and the notes
are still there. I take the Maltese cross
cut it down from my car mirror, tie it
to her doorknob with a shoelace, leave
a book of poems.
when I go back the next night everything
is still there.
I keep searching the streets for that
blood-wine battleship she drives
with a weak battery, and the doors
hanging from broken hinges.
I drive around the streets
an inch away from weeping,
ashamed of my sentimentality and
possible love.
a confused old man driving in the rain
wondering where the good luck
went.
Review of “I Made a Mistake” in poem by Dexter
The detached male ego strikes, an iron bar crushes emotion,
Lingerie of a forgotten source, booze and testosterone flood the tender resentment.
Casual fling, meaningful things,
Missing moments dissipate into a vacuum night.
Questing a sabotaged soul, machinery transports desire,
Redemption afar to regret, is this the story of all in stunted adolescence?
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Comment by Anonymous
I Need A Good Kid Poem Before Monday And I Need To Highlight And Annotate the Important Features.
Can Anyone HELP ?
Comment by Dexter
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Try Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, which you can read HERE
Comment by Lilla
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I have heard many people talk of the great Bukowski, but never read one of his poems... until today.... and now, I will need a week to think about what I have just read - and your ever perceptive comments and question.
Very interesting.
Lilla ...