A Laugh at the End

[Anomalee]

There's a poem I've been looking for, I believe a late one, where he's talking (as usual) about the hardships and heartaches and the things he'd like to experience before dying, simple things: Sitting outside at a cafe having a drink, a skinny (?) dog walks by and he hears someone laughing... Then something like, "That would be enough."

I could have sworn it was in either Septuagenarian Stew or Betting on the Muse, but I can't find it in them.

 

[zobraks]

That's Truce, from War All the Time.

 

[Anomalee]

Thank you so much!

I love that poem. Something about it is so evocative and captures so much of Bukowski, his disgust for life and his joy in life. And those little victories he always wrote about.

https://bukowskiforum.com/database/manuscripts/truce-1004/

And thank you once more!

 

[zobraks]

You're welcome and you're welcome.

P.S. Here's a manuscript, as a bonus. Hip-hip-hooray for Trevor!
P.P.S. Oops... Anomalee already posted a link to the manuscript.