Charles Bukowski, ‘this moment’
it’s a farce, the great actors, the great poets, the great statesmen, the great painters, the great composers, the great loves,
it’s a farce, a farce, a farce,
history and the recording of it,
forget it, forget it.
you must begin all over again.
throw all that out.
all of them out
you are alone with now.
look at your fingernails.
touch your nose.
begin.
the day flings itself upon
you.
