Shoes
when you're young
a pair of
female
high-heeled shoes
just sitting
alone
in the closet
can fire your
bones;
when you're old
it's just
a pair of shoes
without
anybody
in them
and just as
well.
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C H A R L E S B U K O W S K I
edited by Abel Debritto
ON LOVE
the third and perhaps more to go in an excellent series drawing on many of Charles Bukowski's favorite subjects — horse racing can't be far behind
Ecco Press, 2016
