Charles Bukowski, “The Roominghouse Madrigals”
Started June 10 – Finished June 11, 2003; 258 pages. Posted 28 June 2003
“Friendly Advice to a lot of Young Men,” by Charles Bukowski.
- Go to Tibet.
Ride a camel.
Read the bible.
Dye your shoes blue.
Grow a beard.
Circle the world in a paper canoe.
Subscribe to The Saturday Evening Post.
Chew on the left side of your mouth only.
Marry a woman with one leg and shave with a
- straight razor
And carve your name in her arm.
Brush your teeth with gasoline.
Sleep all day and climb trees at night.
Be a monk and drink buckshot and beer.
Hold your head under water and play the violin.
Do a belly dance before pink candles.
Kill your dog.
Run for Mayor.
Live in a barrel.
Break your head with a hatchet.
Plant tulips in the rain.
But don’t write poetry.
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Ever think about following your own advice, you old fuck? Ah, what do you care — you’re dead!
Rating: worth using as penance for some grievous sin.
