10/30/2016 2 Comments Four Poems by Scott WozniakFuck You, Bukowski Fuck you Buk for filling my head with beautiful words written on a thirty-year bender. Fuck you for making me believe that poet and drunk are synonyms. Fuck you for the nights I spent with a gut full of cheap wine, and the incoherent garbage that was left on pages to mock me. Fuck you for making me believe the lie-- Its easy to write a great poem while in the throws of morning DT’s. Fuck you for being able to pull off being a poet WHILE drunk. When I’m drunk its apparent I’m nothing but a drunk who happens to own a typewriter. Happy to be a Feral Creature The man next to me was drinking Chardonnay while talking loudly about his MFA and how he taught English Lit at the local University. Inevitably, we started talking Literature from opposite sides of the fence. As we argued about poetry He exclaimed, “Any poet worth his salt MUST read Kafka!” I confessed, I myself, am a poet who has never read Kafka. He scoffed and sipped his drink. I took a shot of Jim Beam, looked him In the eye and said, “Fuck Kafka, any poet worth a shit MUST have, at one time, lost everything they hold dear, and had to fight for sanity.” Puzzled, he stared at me with the eyes of an animal who’d never seen the jungle. Hearts on Fire We are all combustible. Often falling victim to the fires that drive our fury. Prone to burn all we love. Happy to scorch ourselves in the process. Some of us are accustomed to walking through flames. Our hearts are wrapped in fire-retardant. Others get reduced to a pile of ash. Hard to Judge from Moment to Moment Some days Are nothing more Than a weeks’ worth Of commissary Gambled away Against A stacked Deck. Other days Are a pardon For the crimes You committed, And a C.O. Telling you, “Roll it up, You’re going Home.” Bio: Scott Wozniak is a poet/chaos enthusiast. His works are widely published both on line and in print. You can find his recent and future publications by following @sewozniak on Twitter.
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Brian
11/3/2016 10:21:13 pm
So feelin yo shit !!!!!!
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Scott
11/27/2016 07:32:48 pm
Thanx man really appreciate it
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