Dedicated to Henry Charles Bukowski: Throwing Away the Alarm Clock

henrycharlesbukowski:

my father always said, “early to bed and
early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy
and wise.”

it was lights out at 8 p.m. in our house
and we were up at dawn to the smell of
coffee, frying bacon and scrambled
eggs.

my father followed this general routine
for a lifetime and died…

(Source: writersalmanac.publicradio.org)

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   Henry Charles Bukowski: Throwing Away

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    -charles bukowski, “throwing away the alarm clock”

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    Throwing Away the Alarm Clock

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    Bukowski can be good. He can also be...misogynistic muthafucka.

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    i had missed him

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