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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