The Strongest of the Strange a poem by Bukowski

the strongest of the strange you don't see them often for wherever the crowd is they are not these odd ones not many but from them come the few good paintings the few good symphonies the few good books and other works and from the best of the strange ones perhaps nothing they are their own paintings their own books their own music their own work sometimes i think i see them say a certain old man sitting on a certain bench in a certain way or a quick face going the other way in a passing automobile where there's a certain motion of the hands of a bag boy or a bag girl while packing supermarket groceries sometimes it is even somebody you've been living with for some time sometimes it is even somebody you've been living with for some time you will notice a lightning quick glance never seen from them before sometimes you will only note their existence suddenly and vivid recall some months some years after they are gone i remember such a one he was about 20 years old drunk at 10 am staring into a cracked new orleans mirror face dreaming against the walls of the world where did i go you

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Published: Thu Nov 19 2020