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Charles Bukowski - Cause And Effect

the best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand
why anybody
would ever want to
get away
from
them

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Poet: Charles Bukowski (Charles Bukowski Art)
Poem: Cause And Effect

Comment 4 of 4, added on March 9th, 2006 at 6:20 PM.

this is by far my favorite bukowski poem. its amazing, it says more than all the books in the world, yet it is one paragraph long.... only bukowski

kevin a from United States
Comment 3 of 4, added on March 6th, 2006 at 6:31 AM.

As the man himself once said, “Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.”

Flapjack Darling from United Kingdom
Comment 2 of 4, added on January 21st, 2006 at 10:19 AM.

this is the saddest one. and one of the most beautiful.

Francesco from Italy

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