And now sometimes I'm interviewed, they want to hear about
Life and literature and I get drunk and hold up my cross-eyed,
Shot, runover de-tailed cat and I say,"look, look
At this!"

from Charles Bukowski – The History of One Tough Motherfucker on Rap Genius

Meaning

Bukowski gave very few interviews in life. The biggest reason for this is because, to him, the world of intellectual writers was repulsive and he was much more comfortable being the outcast rather than the associate.

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And now sometimes I'm interviewed, they want to hear about Life and literature and I get drunk and hold up my cross-eyed, Shot, runover de-tailed cat and I say,"look, look At this!"

And now sometimes I'm interviewed, they want to hear about
Life and literature and I get drunk and hold up my cross-eyed,
Shot, runover de-tailed cat and I say,"look, look
At this!"