(content warning) The Bukowski tapes

[heslopian]

Oh sorry I didn't realise I'd posted it twice. I'll make the "naughty" change in a mo. I didn't mean the "ah well" to be condescending, and I regret that it came across as so. I meant it to reflect the lethargy in his own performances and writing style. My point was that he was like a hundred million other people, hence the line "we survive how we can". I was trying to compass the whole of humanity in "we" The last line is saying that indignation doesn't matter to him anymore, he doesn't need to be angry at the people who laughed during his dialogues; indignation is only for his modern fans, "those left alive". Writing these explanations, I'm beginning to realise just how fucking vague I was in that final stanza...