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Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

Poetry

takes
lot of
 
desperation
 
dissatisfaction
 
and
disillusion
 
to
write
 
a
few
good
poems.
 
it’s not
for
everybody
 
either to
 
write
it
 
or even to
 
read
it.

#Americans #XXCentury #1993 #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned

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