Metamorphosis Poem by Charles Bukowski

Metamorphosis

Rating: 3.0


a girlfriend came in
built me a bed
scrubbed and waxed the kitchen floor
scrubbed the walls
vacuumed
cleaned the toilet
the bathtub
scrubbed the bathroom floor
and cut my toenails and
my hair.
then
all on the same day
the plumber came and fixed the kitchen faucet
and the toilet
and the gas man fixed the heater
and the phone man fixed the phone.
noe I sit in all this perfection.
it is quiet.
I have broken off with all 3 of my girlfriends.
I felt better when everything was in
disorder.
it will take me some months to get back to normal:
I can't even find a roach to commune with.
I have lost my rythm.
I can't sleep.
I can't eat.
I have been robbed of
my filth.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
h.bellmer 30 November 2018

man, what a! i dont understand all the praise this man gets.

1 3 Reply
Fiona Schwartzinoff 21 December 2013

Okay... that was strange.

4 4 Reply
Alex Webb 07 January 2009

MY GOD! I LOVE THIS GUY!

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