"I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.

Hey, Hank, I notice all the women around your place lately ... good looking stuff; you're doing all right.""Sam," I say, "that's not true; I am one of God's most lonely men.
~ Charles Bukowski ~










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