Tuesday, July 1, 2008

His Sum of All Parts



"The Secret", by Charles Bukowski

don't worry, nobody has the 
beautiful lady, not really, and 
nobody has the strange and
hidden power, nobody is
exceptional or wonderful or
magic, they only seem to be.
it's all a trick, an in, a con,
don't buy it, don't believe it.
the world is packed with 
billions of people whose lives
and deaths are useless and 
when the light of history shines
upon them, forget it, it's not 
what it seems, it's just 
another act to fool the fools
again.

there are no strong men, there
are no beautiful women.
at least, you can die knowing 
this
and you will have
the only possible
victory.

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