Before I look this man up:
May this be the man portrayed in the film "BAR FLY" by the one and only, multi-faceted Mickey Rourke? For some reason I think he played a writer named Stanley. Now that dude Mickey Rourke is a piece of work. Boxer, actor, musician (he thinks), and carries that little dog all around. Got a face lift makes him look like a wax face. Had some hottie girlfriend too way back.
If that's the one and only I never did read his stuff. I will now though. My favorite line from that flick is:
"A DRINK FOR ALL MY FRIENDS" Poor man.
Yep..Bryn..thats my man Bukowski...he wrote the screenplay for Barfly...but as i said his novel Post Office is a great start...trust me you would love it.Talk later....Davey
Bryn...the website that i would reccomend..is Bukowski.net..you will get an overall picture of the layabout alcoholic.wordsmith from there..enjoy..in a funny twisted sort of way...Yours..Davey
Coupons
cigarettes wetted with beer from
the night before
you light one
gag
open the door for air
and on your doorstep
is a dead sparrow
his head and breast
chewed away
hanging from the doorknob
is an ad from the All American
Burger
consisting of several coupons
which
say
that with the purchase
of a burger
from
Feb.12 thru Feb.15
you can get a free
regular size bag of french
fries and one
10oz.cup of coca cola.
I take the ad
wrap the sparrow
carry him to the trash bin
and dump him in
look:
forsaking fries and coke
to help keep
my city
clean.
C.Bukowski
cigarettes wetted with beer from
the night before
you light one
gag
open the door for air
and on your doorstep
is a dead sparrow
his head and breast
chewed away
hanging from the doorknob
is an ad from the All American
Burger
consisting of several coupons
which
say
that with the purchase
of a burger
from
Feb.12 thru Feb.15
you can get a free
regular size bag of french
fries and one
10oz.cup of coca cola.
I take the ad
wrap the sparrow
carry him to the trash bin
and dump him in
look:
forsaking fries and coke
to help keep
my city
clean.
C.Bukowski
I saw the movie,"Barfly" a long tome ago so the seeds were sown. Then a friend in New York turned me on to his writings. Bukowski's very big in NYC with the street vendors. That's the only place I've ever been able to find his books in quantity. Every time I would go to the coty for dope, I'd pick up another Bukowski. Davey, I'm going to check out bukowski.net.
peace,
shirley
peace,
shirley
Thanks Davey......I'mmma check it out now as well.
Oh, man what a sad life. Then again it was his torment added to his art or produced it I guess. I saw that before I ever used, and recall thinking "Now why would a human being do that to themselves?" Boy, do we know.
Thanks again, and Shirley you had extra money left after ya copped? Man, I used to have to sneak back on the subway on my runs. Never a cent left. Ever.
Now boosting a book perhaps, but I was never good at that. Thank goodness.
HAPPY NEW YEAR my well read friends.
Oh, man what a sad life. Then again it was his torment added to his art or produced it I guess. I saw that before I ever used, and recall thinking "Now why would a human being do that to themselves?" Boy, do we know.
Thanks again, and Shirley you had extra money left after ya copped? Man, I used to have to sneak back on the subway on my runs. Never a cent left. Ever.
Now boosting a book perhaps, but I was never good at that. Thank goodness.
HAPPY NEW YEAR my well read friends.
