You Get So Alone at Times

Charles Bukowski

• Éditeur: HarperCollins e-books
• Année: 2009
• ISBN:
  9780061873041
• Sujet: Literatura
• Sous-sujet: Poesía

Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. The iconic tortured artist/everyman delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions.

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we were standing around

at this birthday party

at this fancy

restaurant

and

many

special people were

about

preening their

fame.

I wanted to run

out

when a man

standing near by

said something

exactly appropriate

to the

occasion.

“hey,” I said to

my wife, “this

guy’s got

something. when we are

seated

let’s try to

sit next to

him.”

we did and as

the drinks were

poured

the man began

talking

he began on a

long story

which was

building toward a

punch

line.

my problem was that

I could guess

what the

punch line

was

going to

be.

and

he talked

on and

on

then

dropped the

line.

“shit,” I

told him, “that

was

awful, you’ve

really

disappointed

me…”

he

only began

on another

story.

I walked over to

another table

and stood behind

the now

great

movie star.

“listen,

when I first met

you

you were just a nice

German boy.

now

you’ve turned into

a

conceited

prick. you’ve

really

disappointed

me.”

the great movie

star (who was a

man

mighty of

muscle) growled

and

shook his

shoulders.

then I walked over to

the table

where the birthday lady

sat

surrounded by

all these

media

folk.

“looking at you

people,” I said, “makes

me feel like

vomiting

all over

your

inept

plausibilities!”

“oh,” said the lady

to her

guests, “he

always talks

that

way!”

and she gave a

laugh, poor

dear.

so

I said, “Happy

birthday,

but

I warned you

never to

invite me to these

things.”

then

I walked back to

my table...