The Crunch by Charles Bukowski.
People are just not good to each other
People are just not good
People are just
People are
each other
There are various versions of this poem - see The Crunch.
Feel free to play with the words - until you no longer have the energy to even weep.
People are good, just not to each other.
That this is the most positive sentence that can be rearranged from this set of words, sums up Charlie Bukowski. When we were in college, this was my husband's favorite writer. I understand why now, because he's brutally honest and raw. Back then I had not yet been tempered by life to appreciate it.
Trying to get a sense of the people in this Blurt universe, very nice to meet you Rycharde :)
Bukowski reminds me of (I think) an Oscar Wilde image of being in the gutter while looking up at the stars.
An eternal human dilemma of being betwixt two worlds.
Thanks for the new ending :-)
That is incredible, and rather perfect imagery! If I ever find myself writing about Bukowski, I will be quoting you :)
Thanks, tho maybe find the Wilde original - I think - maybe TS Eliot - who cares, is the imagination that counts ;-)
There is lack of breathing , people dont know how to breathe .
How true.
Many years ago, I used the services of a "voice trainer" who lived opposite me. He explained that much of his work was not about the voice as such, but about breathing - naturally - deeply. fears get locked into muscles - it feels miraculous to breathe again!!
A miracle indeed !
People are not good to each other
when the moon shines too bright
or the ocean's roar is too loud
or their money is too tight
and their sense is of doom and gloom
Hey let's make it prettier! she said
trying to write some nonsense instead
and out came flowers
and clocks that tell the day
and cut off heads hopping back on
and mailboxes full of get well cards
and dogs named Happy
One day the new currency will be caring
being good to each other will propel
the very beating of our hearts.
Love it! It's a poem he might have written... If he was a bit more optimistic.:) I like to think we're heading to a place where currency will be about creativity, attention and sharing. That aligns more with my idea of what the age of aquarius should look like, though who am I really.
But to get to the point, I think many may need the heat and pressure of what's happening right now, and that's what it's about in the end. (I will always endeavor to be the half full cup too :)
An interesting video, made much more impactful with the music attached to it.
People are just not good to each other
People are just not good to themselves
People are just afraid to live
People are just afraid not to do unto others before done unto them
People are just ghosts walking mindlessly with their scripts in control
Until they have squandered all their time, having lived as a mindless leaf
At the mercy of the wind
There is a loneliness ,
In this world ,
we can see ,
so great ,
There is a loneliness in this world, we can see so great.
It was deep for me.
So meaningful poem!
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People are afraid of being judged
People are afraid of being loved
People have accepted hatred over love
People value money more than relations
People have lost connect with nature
People have become more machines and less humans :-(
Yh
Why should I continue to be good when the good I've done is already causing unimaginable troubles 😐
Just be good because you're good,
Nothing else!