Allow yourself the freedom of pursuit.
Settle up with the aspiring young
people that line the strip
as they detail their smiles and indicate
through slipping heels and bad steps
the strains of being born into this.
Days later flashes of sunspots
and of projects in the ranges
of people finding ties
and backyard afternoons
attempting to align
a vow to express caution
for the injuries to come.
*BORN INTO THIS is a Charles Bukowski poem and also the name of a documentary about his life. The "settle up" stanza speaks to Bukowski's Hollywood.
