flesh covers the bone and the flesh searches for more than flesh.
Charles Bukowski
- Life
- 1920-1994
- Occupations
- actor, writer, screenwriter
- Notable works
- Post Office, Factotum, Hollywood
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), as of 2026-07-09
flesh covers the bone and the flesh searches for more than flesh. Alone With Everybody
Charles Bukowski
Overhead my spirit flies Upon the ground and crimson skies Whispering winds in moonlit woods A totem oak once golden stood.
Charles Bukowski
Overhead my spirit flies Upon the ground and crimson skies Whispering winds in moonlit woods A totem oak once golden stood. Overhead My Spirit Flies
Charles Bukowski
the best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them
Charles Bukowski
the best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them Cause and Effect
Charles Bukowski
the goldfish sing all night with guitars, and the whores go down with the stars, the whores go down with the stars
Charles Bukowski
the goldfish sing all night with guitars, and the whores go down with the stars, the whores go down with the stars Rhyming Poem
Charles Bukowski
there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you.
Charles Bukowski
there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you. Bluebird
Charles Bukowski
the schoolyard was a horror show: the bullies, the dragons, the freaks
Charles Bukowski
unless it comes out of your soul like a rocket, unless being still would drive you to madness or suicide or murder, don’t do it. unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don’t do it.
Charles Bukowski