Title: Play the piano drunk like a percussion instrument until the fingers begin to bleed a bit /
Authors: Bukowski, Charles.; Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library).
Publisher: Black Sparrow Press,
Year: 1979
Subjects: Autographs Bukowski, Charles.
Abstract: A collection of short poems ruminates upon advancing age, dissipation, loneliness, and death.
Contents: Tough company. -- 12-24-78. -- an ideal. -- leaning on wood. -- the souls of dead animals. -- another argument. -- the red porsche. -- some picnic. -- the drill. -- 40,000 flies. -- the strangest thing. -- the paper on the floor. -- 2 flies. -- through the streets of anywhere. -- fire station. -- an argument over Marshal Foch. -- 40 cigarettes. -- a killer gets ready. -- I love you. -- a little atomic bomb. -- the egg. -- the knifer. -- the ladies of summer. -- I'm in love. -- the apple. -- the violin player. -- 5 dollars. -- cooperation. -- the night I was going to die. -- 2347 Duane. -- a radio with guts. -- Solid State Marty. -- interviews. -- face of a political candidate on a street billboard. -- Yankee Doodle. -- blue moon, oh bleweeww mooooon how I adore you! -- nothing is as effective as defeat. -- success. -- Africa, Paris, Greece. -- the drunk tank judge. -- claws of paradise. -- the loner. -- the sandwich. -- the happy life of the tired. -- the proud thin dying. -- under. -- hot month. -- maybe tomorrow. -- junk. -- 8 rooms. -- I liked him. -- the killer smiles. -- horse and fist. -- close encounters of another kind. -- mermaid. -- hug the dark. -- 59 cents a pound. -- promenade. -- metamorphosis. -- we'll take them. -- dow average down. -- to weep. -- fair stand the fields of France. -- art.