I remember once geting loaded with an instructor of mine
(a
moderately well-known poet himself)and asking him how he felt
about
Bukowski. He said, "He's quite good; very funny" and then,
after a pause,
asked 'have you ever read even one fucking thing by him that
actually moved
you?" I had to allow that I had not. He said, "Well, but
that's what it's
all about, isn't it? I mean , why bother?"
James
James Michael Rogers
jetan@ionet.net
Mundus Vult Decipi
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