Charles Bukowski poem and story database

Heat Wave

Published in 1995 by Black Sparrow Press  (Black Sparrow Graphic Arts)

Traffic Report - pg. 7 - manuscript - circa 1991-1994 - circa 1991-1994
Heat Wave - pg. 8
Explosion - pg. 9 - circa 1993
Stay Out Of My Slippers, You Fool - pg. 11 - manuscript - 1992
Traffic Signals - pg. 13 - manuscript - 1976
Junk - pg. 15
Winter Comes In A Lot Of Places In August - pg. 17 - circa 1959
Business - pg. 18
Finish - pg. 19 - circa 1965
Footnote Upon The Construction Of The Masses - pg. 21
Fall Of The Roman Empire - pg. 22
Piss - pg. 25 - circa 1993
Drive Through Hell - pg. 27
Red Mercedes - pg. 28
Chicken Giblets - pg. 31 - circa 1993
Cockroach - pg. 35 - manuscript - 1975
The State Of World Affairs From A 3rd Floor Window - pg. 36 - circa 1960
Me Against The World - pg. 37
The Terror - pg. 40
A 340 Dollar Horse And A Hundred Dollar Whore - pg. 42
Traffic Ticket - pg. 44
Jam - pg. 46
Flophouse - pg. 49
Eyeless Through Space - pg. 53
Poem For Personnel Managers - pg. 55 - circa 1957
Balloons - pg. 59 - circa 1989
The Beggars - pg. 61 - circa 1989
Bright Red Car - pg. 64
Dinosauria, We - pg. 67 - manuscript - 1991
Decline - pg. 70 - circa 1994
In The Mouth Of The Tiger - pg. 71 - circa 1992