Bukowski Rules

“come on kid,”

he said to me one day;

“I’m gonna teach you the ropes,

the first rule is,

there are no rules,

so don’t fucking worry about

breaking them;”

“the second rule is,

if you can’t break the rules,

then you gotta live with them,

and that really sucks,

so break them

every chance you get;”

“okay,

end of lesson;”

“now get your ass out there

and start breaking

those rules;”

“so I can get the hell

out of here.”

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