War and Peace

WAR AND PEACE 

to experience 

real agony 

is 

something 

hard 

to write about, 

impossible 

to understand 

while it 

grips you; 

you’re 

frightened 

out of 

your 

wits, 

can’t sit 

still, 

move 

or even 

go 

decently 

insane. 

and then 

when your 

composure 

finally 

returns 

and you are 

able to 

evaluate 

the 

67 

experience 

it’s almost as 

if it 

had happened 

to 

somebody 

else 

because 

look at 

you 

now: 

calm 

detached 

say 

cleaning your 

fingernails 

looking through 

drawer 

for 

stamps 

applying 

polish 

to your 

shoes 

68 

or 

paying the 

electric 

bill. 

life is 

and is not 

gentle 

bore. 

- Charles Bukowski 

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