Long Shot Vol. 3 (1984) arrived in the mail and vol. 4 is underway. Also great that these issues have a few poems by Tom Waits in them.
The book is a bit fragile so I made photo's rather than try to squeeze it onto the scanner. It isn't in the bukowskidb database yet, so this adds a missing issue, as does vol 4 when it arrives. It carries five Bukowski poems across **pp. 5–13**, and as far as I can tell these are first appearances.
"The Poet" (db #3409, written 1983) has been collected only in Slouching Toward Nirvana, where Martin changed it and took all the naughty bits out, as usual. This Long Shot printing is a clean lifetime source for it.
The other 4 appear in War All the Time, each one with a few minor changes in it.
An original title — "Goodbye, Flying Circus" (db #4555):
The poem went into War All the Time retitled simply "Goodbye" (db #1367, same manuscript, 28 Feb 1983). There are a few changes in this one between magazine and Black Sparrow appearance, most notably changing the name Carson mcCullers to DH Lawrence.
"Frozen Food Section" (db #1287) also has a few changes, it's a bit more sanitized (e.g. "That son of a bitch grabbed my ass" became "that son of a bitch assaulted me")
"Good Time Girl" (db #1363) originally had a more casual laid back opening lines as if it was a real conversation.
"Take it" is most true to original form only adding the word "wine" after "white". So I didn't include that one.
Scans of the cover/back and pp. 5–13 attached below. Corrections welcome.
The book is a bit fragile so I made photo's rather than try to squeeze it onto the scanner. It isn't in the bukowskidb database yet, so this adds a missing issue, as does vol 4 when it arrives. It carries five Bukowski poems across **pp. 5–13**, and as far as I can tell these are first appearances.
"The Poet" (db #3409, written 1983) has been collected only in Slouching Toward Nirvana, where Martin changed it and took all the naughty bits out, as usual. This Long Shot printing is a clean lifetime source for it.
The other 4 appear in War All the Time, each one with a few minor changes in it.
An original title — "Goodbye, Flying Circus" (db #4555):
The poem went into War All the Time retitled simply "Goodbye" (db #1367, same manuscript, 28 Feb 1983). There are a few changes in this one between magazine and Black Sparrow appearance, most notably changing the name Carson mcCullers to DH Lawrence.
"Frozen Food Section" (db #1287) also has a few changes, it's a bit more sanitized (e.g. "That son of a bitch grabbed my ass" became "that son of a bitch assaulted me")
"Good Time Girl" (db #1363) originally had a more casual laid back opening lines as if it was a real conversation.
"Take it" is most true to original form only adding the word "wine" after "white". So I didn't include that one.
Scans of the cover/back and pp. 5–13 attached below. Corrections welcome.
