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CHARLES BUKOWSKI




THE CAPTAIN
IS OUT TO LUNCH
AND THE SAILORS
HAVE TAKEN OVER
THE SHIP



















8/28/91 11:28 PM

Good day at the track, damn near swept the card.
Yet it gets boring out there, even when you┤re winning.
It┤s the minute wait between races, your life leaking out
into space. The people look gray out there, walked through.
And I┤m there with them. But where else could I go? An Art
Museum? Imagine staying home all day and playing at writer? I
could wear a little scarf. I remember this poet who used to
come by on the bum. Buttons off his shirt, puke on his pants,
hair in eyes, shoelaces undone, but he had this long scarf
which he kept very clean. That signaled he was a poet. His
writing? Well, forget it...
Came in, swam in the pool, then went to the spa. My soul
is in danger. Always has been.
Was sitting on the couch with Linda, the good dark night