Charles Bukowski – 8 Count

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From my bed
I watch
3 birds
On a telephone
Wire.
One flies
Off.
Then
Another.
One is left,
Then
It too
Is gone.
My typewriter is
Tombstone
Still.
And I am
Reduced to bird
Watching.
Just thought I’d
Let you
Know,
Fucker.
About 8 Count

This short, seemingly odd, bit of poetry ended up becoming one of Bukowski’s most famous poems and very much representing his style of prose. Ironically enough, the poem is about going through a tough time of “writer’s block”.

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