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The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth

Read 'The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth' by 'Charles Bukowski' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth by Charles Bukowski

 if I suffer at this
typewriter
think how I'd feel
among the lettuce-
pickers of Salinas? 
I think of the men
I've known in
factories
with no way to
get out-
choking while living
choking while laughing
at Bob Hope or Lucille
Ball while 
2 or 3 children beat
tennis balls against 
the wall. 
some suicides are never
recorded.

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