Bukowski to the Rescue!

It's fuckin' scary out there!

In case you haven't noticed, there's quite a lot of uncertainty in the world these days. I think we're all a little bit unnerved. I've always found this poem by Charles Bukowski to be a tonic. I hope you do too.

Enjoy!

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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.


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Thanks Chuck!

Jim out.