
Burning in Water Drowning in Flame
Bukowski, Charles100 USD
Date
1974
Category
Poetry
Description
Charles Bukowski writes plainly about gambling, drinking, and women. Burning in Water Drowning in Flame humanizes the intricacies of collective desire and addiction.
Excerpt
The race
stopped by a red light
as if time were no problem,
and they come up to you:
a car full of young,
laughing,
and you watch them go
until
somebody behind you honks
and you are shaken back
into what is left
of your life.