Charles Bukowski reading his poem The Genius of the Crowd 1969
capitals Bukowski's
There Is Enough Treachery, Hatred Violence Absurdity In The Average
Human Being To Supply Any Given Army On Any Given Day
And The Best At Murder Are Those Who Preach Against It
And The Best At Hate Are Those Who Preach Love
And The Best At War Finally Are Those Who Preach Peace
Those Who Preach God, Need God
Those Who Preach Do Not Have Peace
Those Who Preach Peace Do Not Have Love
Beware The Preachers
Beware The Knowers
Beware Those Who Are Always Reading Books
Beware Those Who Either Detest Poverty
Or Are Proud Of It
Beware Those Quick To Praise
For They Need Praise In Return
Beware Those Who Are Quick To Censor
They Are Afraid Of What They Do Not Know
Beware Those Who Seek Constant Crowds For
They Are Nothing Alone
Beware The Average Man The Average Woman
Beware Their Love, Their Love Is Average
Seeks Average
But Their Is Genius In Their Hatred
Their Is Enough Genius In Their Hatred To Kill You
To Kill Anybody
Not Wanting Solitude
Not Understanding Solitude
They Will Attempt To Destroy Anything
That Differs
From Their Own
Not Being Able
To Create Art
They Will Not
Understand Art
They Will Consider Their Failure As Creators
Only As A Failure
Of The World
Not Being Able To Love Fully
They Will BELIEVE Your Love Incomplete
AND THEN THEY WILL HATE
YOU
And Their Hatred Will Be Perfect
Like A Shining Diamond
Like A Knife
Like A Mountain
LIKE A TIGER
LIKE Hemlock
Their Finest
ART
From Genius of the Crowd
1966
here http://teifidancer-teifidancer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/charles-bukowski-16820-9494-no-help-for.html and here http://teifidancer-teifidancer.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/charles-bukowski-captain-is-out-to.html
Wow this is brilliant.. Bukowski does it again and again for me.
ReplyDeletecheers Jackie.....I never fail with him either...sure he wasn't perfect, but who is.....he never set out to try anyway.....all the best.
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