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weird
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Photo of Charles Bukowski who inspires me still.

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weird


I look at photos
of old
Picasso
and old
Bukowski
and all their women.
the women
flocked
to their genius
threw themselves
at their hairy feet
and gave
whatever it is
nubile young things
give to ancient relics
in the name of Art.
Picasso and Buk
gods —
loose and lined
flabby
drunk
even so — gods
and I wonder
if I get famous
at my age
will the men come?
young men
muscled men
tanned
toned
men
will they flock
and debase
themselves
for a drop
of knowledge
from my artistic well?

I think not, but then
I think of O'Keeffe
and yes, it happened
for her. lines
flab
missing teeth
I'm not sure if she drank
but

she loved.

the ceiling needs a scrape
and maybe
I should do this.
repaint it with some of that
textured crap
so the next time
a chip loosens
or a crack appears
I won't notice
but I hate working over my head
though some will say
I should be quite used
to working
over my head
by now.

if I close my eyes
and hold the lids down
with
with
with...I dunno, something
for weight
maybe apples
will I finally
be able to sleep?

© P. Gomes 2003


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 Reviews of "weird"
Reviewed by Mike Ill (Reader)
Reviewed on March 6, 2003
i felt i was reading bukowski himself at some points. well done!

Reviewed by Micha Julian
Reviewed on March 4, 2003
You, always get to me...
Hell, if I was a guy...I'd be there, well, I am here at least as a fan and I would sit and listen to you for hours....uh...they will come, geez, Pat, Look at you, And if they seek Genius...I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A WORRY...funny, before I read this, this is something I am so glad that you wrote, as, okay...well, am I the only one attracted by a kind of genius...heck, Liam Neeson? (okay, so he's gorgeous, but what an actor, same as Crowe...Gary Oldman? ...Oh, you know...Obviously!!!)
um, U2's Bono is one of my fave poets/lyrics, but poetry, still...( but married) and John Lennon is, um, dead...and mostly, Oh, heck...JUST YOU ROCK, WOMAN!!!!!

Reviewed by Floria Kelderhouse (Reader)
Reviewed on March 4, 2003
Patricia...you blew me away with this one...fantastic girl...I love all of those artists too...my heroes...you are included...Floria

Reviewed by richard poor
Reviewed on March 4, 2003
you mean they arent flocking to you already?
this is fantastic!!!

Reviewed by William M. Sowman
Reviewed on March 3, 2003
Pat...I posted a tribute for you. A welcome to the AD. Bill

http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?id=50967

Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on March 3, 2003
Patricia, yes it is genius that attracts others to the poets and artists and one of great talent. Just as your poetry attracts those like me, who bow at your magnificence.
Your work will survive the way theirs has. You have the gualities needed to climb the highest poetic mountain. From your very first poem I have love and admired your work and this poem is no different. The ones who come to you here now, are more perceptive then the average AD member. They see you as I do. On the road to success. It will be terribly to me if you never make it. I love you. Bill

Reviewed by Erin Kelly-Moen
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
Wowie!! Feel like I've been dipped into a bubbly-clear well of words...I need to catch my breath and ponder on this quenching! :)

Reviewed by Birdie Houston (Reader)
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
I enjoyed those artist works you mentioned eat, paint and be merry great work !

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
They use pennies to hold lids closed in hospitals;-)Great write P.! I agree with JudeAce...

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
the artistic mind has its own flair and power to attract...

Reviewed by Sara Coslett
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
Not only will they come to you, but they will be the ones with intelligence who understand the beauty of your words and who will see into you. Fantastic poem.

Reviewed by Bobbi Duffy
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
glorious words, and generations of poets to come will not only read them, love them and speak them softly, they will wonder about the same things

Reviewed by Bhuwan Thapaliya
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
Excellent write....BHUWAN

Reviewed by Jill Eisnaugle
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
A great write for all of us whose writings have often been passed off as nothingness. May God Bless you and all here at Author's Den who so cheerfully welcome all of our viewpoints, regardless of what they may be.
Keep up the good work!
Jill

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
Fantastic write.

Reviewed by Christine Morell
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
I could read your work all day. Wonderful.
Chrissie

Reviewed by Madame X (Reader)
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
Wow! Sheer excellence here. Fantastic write.

Reviewed on March 2, 2003
I like Charles Bukowski too! ~ and the modern poets who likes to use metaphors have Picasso's spirit in them.

Good write and very interesting piece!

Sandie Angel :o)

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
Be encouraged, they will!

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)
Reviewed on March 2, 2003
As always, this is one great write, and why for so many years my wife did not want me to write. Young girls, older women, even some men in comfortable shoes, waited on each word that I would type. Alas.... she has allowed me the right to write once more, now that the door to my heart has been sealed shut, closed forever. Sad but true.


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