charles bukowski

[holy king]

do you like him?

me, i just love his short stories and poems, always make me laugh.
his novels feel like needlessly drawn out short stories though, i have to say, havent read hollywood yet though, which is said to be his best.

 

[Mise]

I read factotum, and yes, it felt like a series of short stories stuck together. I enjoyed it though. His poems are pretty funny. I like the one about the bluebird in his heart. Exerpt:

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?

yes

 

[holy king]

didnt know that one, have to say it's the most sentimental thing i ever read by him.