Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Poet: Charles Bukowski, "Darkness Falls"

"Darkness Falls"

"Darkness falls upon Humanity
and faces become terrible things
that wanted more than there was.

All our days are marked with
unexpected affronts - 
some disastrous, others less so,
but the process is
wearing and continuous.

Attrition rules.
Most give way,
leaving empty spaces
where people should be.
And now,
as we ready to self-destruct,
there is very little left to kill,
which makes the tragedy
less and more,
much, much more."

- Charles Bukowski

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