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Charles Bukowski - My Computer
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"what?" they say, "you got a
computer?"

it`s like I have sold out to
the enemy.

I had no idea so many
people were prejudiced
against
computers.

even two editors have
written me letters about
the computer.

one disparaged the
computer in a mild and
superior way.
the other seemed
genuinely
pissed.

I am aware that a
computer can`t create
a poem.
but neither can a
typewriter.

yet, still, once or
twice a week
I hear:
"what?
you have a
computer?
you?"

yes, I do
and I sit up here
almost every
night,
sometimes with
beer or
wine,
sometimes
without
and I work the
computer.
the damn thing
even corrects
my spelling.

and the poems
come flying
out,
better than
ever.

I have no
idea what causes
all this
computer
prejudice.

me?
I want to go
the next step
beyond the
computer.
I`m sure it`s
there.

and when I get
it,
they`ll say,
"hey, you hear,
Chinaski got a
space-biter!"

"what?"

"yes, it`s true!"

"I can`t believe
it!"

and I`ll also have
some beer or
some wine
or maybe nothing
at all
and I`ll be
85 years old
driving it home
to
you and me
and to the little girl
who lost her
sheep.
or her
computer.
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