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You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

Man, I wish you guys could see how banged-up and dog-eared my copy of "You Get So Alone" is. I think that's the only way I can do this collection justice. The poet as an older man lacks the vinegar and vitriol of his younger self, but being eight years from his death certainly infused these poems with the magnetic appeal of a someone who has seen enough to write about it however he damn well pleases. His rage has abated and a brutally subtle wit stepped up to fill its shoes, all to an immensely successful result.So it seems like I like Bukowski's poetry the best, but I think it's because of the vast range that a poetry collection lends itself to. This wasn't so much piss and beer and swearing as it was reflection and thoughts on writing and spurts of darkly humorous observation (and, yes, there still are homages to the race track, drunken nights and loose women to give it that brand of Buk's I-don't-know-what). The poems within YGSAATTIJMS showcase my absolute favorite thing about literature's dirtiest old man: his ability to blend crass honesty with delicate beauty, embracing the dualities of the human condition like few others can.

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