we many men with quiet clean girls in
gingham dresses
girls with faces that are not wolverine or
predatory.
"don't ever bring a whore around," I tell my
few friends, ' 'Ill fall in love with her. "
"you couldn't stand a good woman, Bukowski.
I need a good woman. I need a good woman
more than I need this typewriter, more than
I need my automobile, more than I need
Mozart ; I need a good woman so badly that I
can taste her in the air, I can feel her
at my fingertips, I can see sidewalks built
for her feet to walk upon,
- . I can see pillows for her head,
- can feel my waiting laughter,
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