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Mama

 here I am
 in the ground
 my mouth
 open
 and
 I can't even say
 mama,
 and
the dogs run by and stop and piss
on my stone; I get it all
except the sun
and my suit is looking
 bad
and yesterday
 the last of my left
 arm gone
very little left, all harp-like
without music.
at least a drunk in bed with a cigarette might cause 5 fire engines and 33 men.
I can't do any thing.
but p.
s.
-- Hector Richmond in the next tomb thinks only of Mozart and candy caterpillars.
he is very bad company.

Poem by Charles Bukowski
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