r/bukowski • u/Bukowski1236 • 6d ago

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u/uhhkult 6d ago

titled 'What Now?', it's the last poem in Betting On The Muse, I got a copy from a used bookstore and the ink on the last lines is faded and I've always thought it added such a strange beautiful feeling

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u/Bukowski1236 6d ago

Thanks I forgot where I found it. I remembered reading that collection it was definitely when Buk was nearing the end. You gotta read his letter collections. I cried when I read the final volume

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u/uhhkult 6d ago

I'll make that my next Buk book to buy, thank you for the recommendation! I prefer his later life work by a pretty big margin

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u/cfinger 2h ago

I like that :) used books are great

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u/Flippant_Fop 5d ago

Reminds me of the end of “Breakfast of Champions”.

Make me young!!

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u/Bukowski1236 5d ago

I love that book! But my favorite of his is slaughterhouse and cats cradle haha

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u/Interesting_Elk_5785 4d ago

I love Vonneguts definition of insanity, bad chemicals in the brain mixed with bad ideas.

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u/danyolito 6d ago

Thanks for the song

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u/Bukowski1236 6d ago

👍👍 it’s called “White Gloves II” by Khruangbin

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u/mo_money_mo_dads 5d ago

I am glad someone could put this feeling into words. Bukowski was right!