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I READ BUKOWSKY
(so long
my friend
hope you have
discovered
there's life after
the tomb
the horses
the women
and
the wine)
and I say to myself
what's a guy like me
who believes
in the coming of the messiah
and the reconstruction of the temple
doing
reading Bukowsky
and it reminds me of a poet friend
who used to read Elliot
in the synagogue
Elliot may be o.k.
but Bukowsky...
––––––––
YES, IT IS COMING...
I prefer one Bukowsky
a German guy telling the naked truth
to a thousand rabbis
discussing the Kashrout of a cucumber
and, immediately after saying it
I feel
tremendous
guilt.