they're not going to let you

sit at a front table

at some cafe in Europe

in the mid-afternoon sun.

if you do, somebody's going to

drive by and

spray your guts with a

submachine gun.

they're not going to let you

feel good

for very long

anywhere.

the forces aren't going to

let you sit around

fucking-off and

relaxing.

you've got to do it

their way.

the unhappy, the bitter and

the vengeful

need their

fix-which is

you or somebody

anybody

in agony, or

better yet

dead, dropped into some

hole.

as long as there are

human beings about

there is never going to be

any peace

for any individual

upon this earth (or

anywhere else

they might

escape to).

all you can do

is maybe grab

ten lucky minutes

here

or maybe an hour

there.

something

is working toward you

right now, and

I mean you

and nobody but

you.

~ Charles Bukowski, “relentless as the tarantula”