Saturday, April 19, 2008

bluebird, ii

Bukowski's voice is startlingly soft, and un-threatening. After reading such vitriolic, aggressive, 'tough guy' writing, I expected a harshness or brutality of tone, but this one is softened with age, with wine, with a bluebird fluttering around somewhere beneath his larynx.

there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out
but i'm too tough for him
i say, 'stay down.
do you wanna mess me up?
do you wanna screw up the works?'

-Bluebird, Bukowski
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3 comments:

juliet small ernst said...

i LOVE that.

April 19, 2008 9:33 AM
Carmen said...

That is beautiful.

April 29, 2008 9:11 AM
molly said...

gads, this is so spectacular...i want to carry it with me.

August 05, 2008 11:14 AM

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