Father Luke
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Interesting way to spend a Christmas eve. . .
1956 Bukowski's mother, Katherine, dies: 12-24-1956
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Okay,
Father Luke
1956 Bukowski's mother, Katherine, dies: 12-24-1956
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Okay,
Father Luke
My pops died 12/13 - on a friday. Funny, I call my mom every death date, as regularly as a birthday, to remember him.1956 Bukowski's mother, Katherine, dies: 12-24-1956
(oh, another thing: in that same letter he writes: "I have a WIFE, Frances, and very recently, a daughter ..." - which might be interesting regarding that thread about "his 2nd wife" Barbara. He obviously wasn't much accurate with that term, talking about long-time-relations.)
All it means is that he didn't want to write to an old school relative in the 1960's and say he was living with a woman he wasn't married to. I don't think that's the same thing as saying "wife" in a poem.