"I'm not a guru. I wish you wouldn't pose these things at me, man. Ask me about women or something.

I could never acceptlife as it was,I could never gobbledown all itspoisonsbu there were parts,tenuous magic partsopen for theasking.
~ Charles Bukowski ~












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