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From Last Call: The Bukowski Legacy Continues (© 2012 Lummox Press)
Last Call is an anthology of current poets and writers who have been influenced by Charles Bukowksi. The Bukowski Legacy Continues is a second, expanded printing which includes extra poems, essays, and such. I originally submitted the following for the 2004 first edition, Last Call: The Legacy of Charles Bukowski. Back then I was writing as Isaac Edwards.
Untitled
(for John, Philomene and some guy they knew)
yeah,
I've been to San Pedro
and paid my respects.
I saw the bottle caps
from around the world
on his grave
and I smoked a J,
instead.
I'm not him, he's not
reincarnated.
I could give a fuck about Charles Bukowski –
drunk ol' dead bastard.
His writing, however, means
everything to me.
My original instructors of the pen
were
Philomene Long and her husband
"the strong man" John Thomas.
They taught me the art
of my own voice; the beauty
of precise words and descriptions.
They showed me the Madness
of Bukowski blended
in the Bathtub with the beats
and the world beyond –
my world. Again,
I could give a fuck
about Buk, but when I read
about Hank Chinaski
I believe in
the power of the written word
to help us understand
each other, and god willing,
ourselves.
- Isaac Edwards