Charles Bukowski poem and story database

My Stay In The Poet's Cottage

Story written in 1967

for those of you interested in madness, yours or mine, I can tell you a little about mine. I stayed at the poet's cottage at the University of Arizona, not because I am established but because nobody but a damn fool or a poor man ever visits or stays in Tucson in the summer months. it averaged around 106 degrees during my whole stay. nothing to do but drink beer...

Books

Erections, Ejaculations and General Tales of Ordinary Madness - pg. 323 - 1972
Tales of Ordinary Madness - pg. 83 - 1983

Alternate titles or versions, draft titles

Notes of a Dirty Old Man