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Hi all
I'm new here and also new to Bukowski. After seeing the film Factotum i then went out and bought all the Bukowski books in my local bookstore. In the last week i have read Post Office, Women and Ham on Rye. I have become totally immersed and or obsessed. I havnt read much of his poems but there was something I found curious was the way he changes line. For example in the poem Riots,
Hi all ;) I saw the film Factotum last night and found myself here:D
 
You are not the only one, it seems. There has been a bit of a surge in traffic since Factotum was released in the U.S.
 
How about a graph showing traffic on the site since it opened?:D
 
is it just me or does it feel so great to be able to say...I DIDNT FIND OUT ABOUT BUK FROM BENT HAMERS FILM?

yes indeed it feels good. i would totally suggest reading the novel before watching the film and get acclimated to these forums by reading.
 
The imitation picks you up like a habit
writing in the glow of the tv?s static
taking out the trash to the man
give the people something they understand
a stickman flashing a fine line smile
junk bond trader trying to sell a sucker a style
rich man in a poor man?s clothes
the permanent installment of the daily dose
and you tell off when you tell it like it is
your world?s no wider that your hatred of his
checking into a small reality
boring as a drug you take too regularly
the athlete?s laugh; the broken crutch
the first true love that folded at the slightest touch
brought down like an old hotel
people digging through rubble for things they can resell
happy holidays said sick savior
the leaving lover that i still favor
i won?t take your medicine, i don?t need a remedy
to be everything i?m supposed to be
i don?t want nobody else
i can do it by myself
we?re meant to be together
now i?m a policeman directing traffic
keeping everything moving, everything static
i?m the hitchhiker you?ll recognize passing
on your way to some everlasting
better sell it while you can mr man

E.S
 
is it just me or does it feel so great to be able to say...I DIDNT FIND OUT ABOUT BUK FROM BENT HAMERS FILM?

yes indeed it feels good. i would totally suggest reading the novel before watching the film and get acclimated to these forums by reading.

I agree with you in some ways Henry, but reading and t.v have different advatages:( (Spelling being One Of those)
 
This is the place
you?ll end up when
you lose the chase
where you?re dragged against your will
from a basement on the hill
and all anybody knows is
you?re not like them
and they kick you in the head
and send you back to bed
isolation pulled you pass a tunnel to a
bright world where you can make a place to stay
but everybody?s scared of this place
they?re staying away
your little house on memory lane
the mayor?s name is fear
his force patrols the pier
from a mountain of cliche
that advances everyday
the doctor spoke a cloud
he rained out loud
you?ll keep your doors and windows shut
and swear you?ll
never show a soul again
but isolation pushes you ?til every muscle aches
down the only road it ever takes
but everybody?s scared of this place
they?re staying away
your little house on memory lane
if it?s your decision
to be open about yourself
be careful or else
be careful or else
uncomfortable apart
it?s all written on my chart
and i take what?s given to me
most cooperatively
i do what people say
and lie in bed all day
absolutely horrified
i hope you?re satisfied
isolation pushes past self hatred, guilt and shame
to a place where suffering is just a game
but everybodys scared of this place
they?re staying away
your little house on memory lane

E.S
I do believe I'm In The Wrong Forum:p
 

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