I Shot A Man In Reno (1968)
Story (1968)
Excerpt
I Shot A Man In Reno
Bukowski cried when Judy Garland sang at the N.Y. Philharmonic, Bukowski cried when Shirley Temple sang "I Got Animal Crackers in my Soup"; Bukowski cried in cheap flophouses, Bukowski can't dress, Bukowski can't talk, Bukowski is scared of women, Bukowski has a bad stomach, Bukowski is full of fears, and hates dictionaries, nuns, pennies, busses, churches, parkbenches, spiders, flies, fleas, freaks; Bukowski didn't go to war. Bukowski is old, Bukowski hasn't flown a kite for 45 years; if Bukowski were an ape they'd run him out of the tribe... my friend is so worried about tearing the meat of my soul from my bones that he hardly seems to think of his own existence. "but Bukowski pukes real neat and I've never seen him piss on the floor."...
Appears in Books
- Tales of Ordinary Madness - 1983, pg. 145
- Erections, Ejaculations and General Tales of Ordinary Madness - 1972, pg. 385