Poem by Henry Charles Bukowski

short order

I took my girlfriend to your last poetry reading,
she said.
yes, yes? I asked.
she's young and pretty, she said.
and? I asked.
she hated your
guts.
then she stretched out on the couch
and pulled off her
boots.
I don't have very good legs,
she said.
all right, I thought, I don't have very good
poetry; she doesn't have very good
legs.
scramble two.

1. consummation of grief
2. poetry readings
3. so you want to be a writer
4. the genius of the crowd
5. the shower

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