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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
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 ...
Comment by mossman
You're Laughing Now
From where you are you're
Dancin in the Fire and the Light
and all
th' New Voices you never knew
will Never let Your Flame
Sputter or Die in the Night