Charles Bukowski, American Author ~ Poem and story database

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Bone Palace Ballet

    God's Man - pg. 17
    Not Normal - pg. 21
    Classical - pg. 23 - [1991 manuscript]
    The Puking Lady - pg. 25
    Depression Kid - pg. 30
    Burlesque - pg. 34
    First Love - pg. 37
    Mountain - pg. 40
    Field Exercises - pg. 43
    What Will The Neighbors Think? - pg. 45
    Full Circle - pg. 49
    A Place In Philly - pg. 53
    The Kenyon Review And Other Matters - pg. 55
    Big Night On The Town - pg. 57
    Total Madness - pg. 59
    On The Bum - pg. 64
    Society Should Realize - pg. 67 - [Unknown date manuscript]
    Madman - pg. 69
    Nazi - pg. 71
    16 Jap Machine Gun Bullets - pg. 73
    Bar Stool - pg. 75
    The Mirror Game - pg. 81
    Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire! - pg. 83
    The Inspection - pg. 84
    Somewhere In Texas - pg. 87
    City Boy - pg. 89
    The Strange Morning Outside The Bar - pg. 93
    A $15 Boy And A $1500 Casket - pg. 98
    Rosary - pg. 101
    The Smirking Dark - pg. 103
    Two Crazies - pg. 106
    A Note On The Masses - pg. 108 - [1991 manuscript]
    Lord Byron - pg. 111
    The Weak - pg. 115
    A Tough Time - pg. 116
    Some Luck, Somehow - pg. 121 - [1991 manuscript]
    Art Class - pg. 123
    Payoff - pg. 127
    Ding-Dong - pg. 129
    AFDC For You And Me - pg. 133
    I Know You - pg. 134
    Bone Palace Ballet - pg. 135
    Oh - pg. 137
    What Can You Do? - pg. 138
    My Friend, The Parking Lot Attendant - pg. 140 - [1984 manuscript]
    Last Will And Testament - pg. 142
    12 Minutes To Post - pg. 144
    In The Center Of The Action - pg. 145
    The Fool Dines Out - pg. 146
    The Rock - pg. 149
    Ah - pg. 150
    Room 106 - pg. 151
    In Other Words - pg. 153
    The Horseplayer - pg. 155 - [1991 manuscript]
    The Big One - pg. 157
    The Parade - pg. 158
    Bum On The Loose - pg. 159
    Going Away - pg. 161
    Stag - pg. 162
    Late Payment - pg. 164
    2 Horse Collars - pg. 165 - [1974 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    Counsel - pg. 166
    The Fighter - pg. 167
    My Worst Rejection Slip - pg. 168
    40,000 - pg. 173
    Coffeeshop - pg. 176
    Poetry Readings - pg. 181
    Journey To The End - pg. 185
    Upon Reading A Critical Review - pg. 186
    The Beautiful Lady - pg. 187
    Black - pg. 188
    My Style - pg. 189 - [1979 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    Dead - pg. 190
    A Re-Evaluation - pg. 191 - [1986 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    Snake-Eyes - pg. 192 - [1985 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    Our World - pg. 193
    How To Get Rid Of The Purists - pg. 195
    A Curious Thing - pg. 197
    The Finger - pg. 201
    Don't Forget - pg. 203
    Last Call - pg. 204
    Undecent - pg. 206
    One Of Those - pg. 207
    Candy-Ass - pg. 209
    The Word - pg. 210
    Please - pg. 213
    Good Night, Sweet Prince - pg. 215
    Dreiser Wasn't So Hot Either - pg. 216
    Cruising - pg. 220
    The Way It Is - pg. 223
    A Final Word On No Final Words - pg. 225
    Each Man's Hell Is Different - pg. 227 - [1985 manuscript]
    The Powers That Be - pg. 229
    Clever - pg. 231
    The Poem - pg. 233
    My Mail - pg. 235
    Walking With The Dead - pg. 239
    Up Through The Night - pg. 240
    The Fool - pg. 241
    Hey, Hey, Hey - pg. 243
    Band-Aid - pg. 244
    The Dangling Carrot - pg. 247
    Preparation - pg. 248
    Freeway - pg. 249
    The New Homeless - pg. 253
    The Mail - pg. 255
    Killing Life - pg. 256
    Wait, It Will Find Us - pg. 257
    The X-Factor - pg. 258
    Evaluation - pg. 260
    The Young Poets - pg. 261
    No Return Address - pg. 262
    Yes Sirree! - pg. 263
    Snapshot (1985) - pg. 264 - [1985 manuscript]
    Finished? - pg. 265
    The Voice Of Chinaski - pg. 266
    Quotable - pg. 267 - [1982 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    Interview - pg. 268 - [1983 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    The Lady Who Looks Forever Young - pg. 270
    An Answer - pg. 271
    A Model - pg. 273
    My Companion - pg. 274
    The Barometer - pg. 276
    The Rivers - pg. 279
    Dark, And Darker - pg. 281
    The Room - pg. 282
    The Two Toughest - pg. 284 - [1983 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    The Darkening Life - pg. 286
    Those Good People - pg. 287 - [1991 manuscript]
    Horse Fly - pg. 288 - [1985 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    Night Cap - pg. 289 - [1991 manuscript]
    Action - pg. 291
    Playtime - pg. 295
    Poem For My 71st Birthday - pg. 296
    Slow Night - pg. 297
    The Racetrack Salutes You! - pg. 299
    Alone - pg. 300
    The Joke - pg. 302
    Glasgow - pg. 304
    Owl - pg. 307
    Dostoevsky - pg. 308
    My Computer - pg. 309
    Thanks To The Computer - pg. 312
    Safe - pg. 313
    3 Blacks - pg. 315
    Life Like A Big Tender Glove - pg. 316
    The Old Guy In The Piano Bar - pg. 317
    Nights And Years - pg. 319
    Quiet In A Quiet Night - pg. 320
    A Little Cafe on 6th Street - pg. 322 - [1982 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    Death In The Modern Age - pg. 325
    Too Hot - pg. 326
    The Last Song - pg. 327
    Reunion - pg. 328
    Disgusting - pg. 329
    Bach, Come Back - pg. 331
    The Modern Life - pg. 333
    Mailbag - pg. 334 - [1990 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    Self-Invited - pg. 336 - [1990 manuscript - differs from collected version]
    Old - pg. 338
    The Young - pg. 340
    Belfast - pg. 344
    The Dream - pg. 345
    Returning To An Old Love - pg. 347
    Cool Fur - pg. 348
    Old? - pg. 349
    A Problem - pg. 351
    Taken - pg. 354
    Welcome Darkness - pg. 356 - [1991 manuscript]
    Bach - pg. 357
    Great Jazz - pg. 358
    A Moment - pg. 360
    Wondrous - pg. 361
    Fact - pg. 362
    There - pg. 363