The Aliens

midnight tunes

from The Last Night of The Earth Poems
by Charles Bukowski

you may not believe it
but there are people
who go through life with
very little
friction of distress.
they dress well, sleep well.
they are contented with
their family life.
they are undisturbed
and often feel very good
and when they die
it is an easy death, usually
in their sleep.
you may not believe it but
such people do exist
but I am not one of
them
oh no, I am not
one of them,
I am not even near to being one of them
but they are there
and I am here.

Ms. Haiku

stuck in the rain on the freeway, 6:15 p.m.,
these are the lucky ones, these are the
dutifully employed, most with their radios on as loud
as possible as they try not to think or remember.

this is our new civilization: as men
once lived in trees and caves now they live
in their automobiles and on freeways as

the local news is heard again and again while
we shift from first gear to second and back to first.

there's a poor fellow stalled in the fast lane ahead, hood
up, he's standing against the freeway fence
a newspaper over his head in the rain.

the other cars force their way around his car, pull out into
the next lane in front of cars determined to shut them off.

in the lane to my right a driver is being followed by a
police car with blinking red and blue lights - he surely
can't be speeding as

suddenly the rain comes down in a giant wash and all the
cars stop and

even with the windows up I can smell somebody's clutch
burning.

I just hope it's not mine as

the wall of water diminishes and we go back into first
gear; we are all still
a long way from home as I memorize
the silhouette of the car in front of me and the shape of the

driver's head or
what
I can see of it above the headrest while
his bumper sticker asks me
HAVE YOU HUGGED YOUR KID TODAY?

suddenly I have an urge to scream
as another wall of water comes down and the
man on the radio announces that there will be a 70 percent
chance of showers tomorrow night

Ali

Lets drink to Chuck!!!!!!!

velvet I site

Ali wrote:

Lets drink to Chuck!!!!!!!

you're leading the charge Ali.. it's yuengling for me, traditional lager style.

Ali

velvet I site wrote:

you're leading the charge Ali.. it's yuengling for me, traditional lager style.

Its vodka and pepsi for me velvet....I've gotta get published again!