Charles Bukowski - 3 Poems - 摘抄

You have my soul, I have your money...

The Laughing Heart

Your life is your life Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch. There are ways out. There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but It beats the darkness. Be on the watch. The gods will offer you chances. Know them. Take them. You can’t beat death but You can beat death in life, sometimes. And the more often you learn to do it, The more light there will be. Your life is your life. Know it while you have it. You are marvelous The gods wait to delight in you.

Roll the Dice

If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. If you’re going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind. Go all the way. It could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail, It could mean derision, mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift, All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And you’ll do it despite rejection and the worst odds And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods and the nights will flame with fire. Do it, do it, do it. do it. All the way All the way. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter, It’s the only good fight there is.

No Leaders Please

Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself, Don't swim in the same slough. Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself and stay out of the clutches of mediocrity.

Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself, change your tone and shape so often that they can never categorize you.

Reinvigorate yourself and accept what is but only on the terms that you have invented and reinvented.

Be self-taught.

and reinvent your life because you must; It is your life and its history and the present belong only to you.