A Cheap Thief Making A Move

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A CHEAP THIEF MAKING A MOVE

I bought two books by Bukowski.
One was prose and the other poetry.
But it was poetry
That I wanted to satisfy
This hunger for the word,
And when I thumbed my way
Through a few poems
They soaked into the sponge of my mind.
But then I spotted a poem
I really wanted to read
And at this unusual moment
I was left to speculate
About its title “A SMILE TO REMEMBER,”
And came to this conclusion,
It went like this:
There was a man desperately wanting
To impress a woman
Because he couldn’t come up with the words
To get her attention,
So he went to the poetry section
In the bookstore and found what he needed
And went on his way.
Then two things happened,
The thief got laid,
And poetry got some needed attention
Because I had to return the book
Since page 18 was missing.
But these words that I leave behind
Is my expression with honest feelings
That will probably get me absolutely nowhere.

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LeBrozLeBrozabout 17 years ago
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This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 34,000 poems.

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duddle146duddle146over 17 years ago
Stolen.

Finding just the right poem to impress Lady Love isn't the worst thing that could happen. It's always nice to know that poetry can ignite the fires of anticipation.

LeBrozLeBrozover 17 years ago
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That's what happens when freelance editors

Make changes to the books in bookstores

And you are left with being shortchanged.

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