Cover

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

BONE PALACE BALLET

NEW POEMS

Dedication

for Dr. Ellis

table of contents

1.

God’s man

not normal

classical

the puking lady

depression kid

burlesque

first love

mountain

field exercises

what will the neighbors think?

full circle

2.

a place in Philly

the Kenyon Review and other matters

big night on the town

total madness

on the bum

society should realize…

madman

nazi

16 Jap machine gun bullets

bar stool

the mirror game

liar, liar, pants on fire!

the inspection

somewhere in Texas

city boy

the strange morning outside the bar

a $15 boy and a $1500 casket

rosary

the smirking dark

two crazies

a note on the masses

3.

Lord Byron

the weak

a tough time

some luck, somehow

art class

payoff

ding-dong

AFDC for you and me

I know you

bone palace ballet

oh

what can you do?

my friend, the parking lot attendant

last will and testament

12 minutes to post

in the center of the action

the fool

the rock

ah

room 106

in other words

the horseplayer

the big one

the parade

bum on the loose

going away

stag

late payment

2 horse collars

counsel

the fighter

my worst rejection slip

40,000

coffeeshop

poetry readings

4.

journey to the end

upon reading a critical review

the beautiful lady

black

my style

dead

a re-evaluation

snake-eyes

our world

how to get rid of the purists

a curious thing

the finger

don’t forget

last call

undecent

one of those

candy-ass

the word

please

good night, sweet prince

Dreiser wasn’t so hot either

cruising

the way it is

a final word on no final word

each man’s hell is different

the powers that be

clever

the poem

my mail

walking with the dead

up through the night

the fool dines out

hey, hey, hey

band-aid

the dangling carrot

preparation

freeway

5.

the new homeless

the mail

killing life

wait, it will find us

the x-factor

evaluation

the young

no return address

yes sirree!

snapshot (1985)

finished?

the voice of Chinaski

quotable

interview

the lady who looks forever young

an answer

a model

my companion

the barometer

the rivers

dark, and darker

the room

the two toughest

the darkening light

those good people

horse fly

night cap

action

playtime

poem for my 71st birthday

slow night

the racetrack salutes you!

alone

the joke

Glasgow

owl

Dostoevsky

my computer

thanks to the computer

safe

3 blacks

life like a big tender glove

the old guy in the piano bar

nights and years

quiet in a quiet night

a little cafe on 6th street

death in the modern age

too hot

the last song

reunion

disgusting

Bach, come back

the modern life

mailbag

self-invited

old

the young poets

Belfast

the dream

returning to an old love

cool fur

old?

a problem

taken

welcome darkness

Bach

great jazz

a moment

wondrous

fact

there

About the Author

By Charles Bukowski

Copyright

About the Publisher

1

AS YOUNG AS WE WERE EVER GOING TO GET

God’s man

we were 10 or 11 years old

when we went to see the

priest.