Musings on genre writing, waterfall wandering, and peak bagging in the South's wilderness areas.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Buk, Rhymes with Puke
One of my very favorite authors was Charles Bukowski. He considered himself the equal of Ernest Hemingway. I agree. His work is amazingly easy to read and impossible to duplicate effectively. I've seen others try. I know better than to attempt that.
One of the messages his work sent to me is that this life is oh-so-freaking short. All we have that is our own is our time. So don't let other people dick around with your time. Just don't. It's like allowing a tick to settle in your armpit, or a leech to attach itself to your ankle. Maybe it's worse than that.
Today, I pissed away almost an entire day doing nothing so much as allowing my time to be stolen. My life force to be siphoned off for...well, for nothing.
I'll crack open a beer this evening and raise a toast to Charles Bukowski.
Buk.
Rhymes with puke.
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I've never read any Buk. Any suggestions on where to start?
Just about anywhere, actually. POST OFFICE is a good place. Grab any of his collections, poetry or short stories. He was quite prolific. The quality of his work remained good throughout his life.
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