”– you know, I’ve either had a family, a job,
something has always been in the way
but now

I’ve sold my house, I’ve found this
place, a large studio, you should see the space and the light.
for the first time in my life I’m going to have
a place and the time to create.”

no baby, if you’re going to create
you’re going to create whether you work
16 hours a day in a coal mine
or
you’re going to create in a small room with 3 children
while you’re on welfare,
you’re going to create with part of your mind and your body blown away,
you’re going to create blind crippled demented,
you’re going to create with a cat crawling up your back while
the whole city trembles in earthquake, bombardment,
flood and fire.

baby, air and light and time and space
have nothing to do with it and don’t create anything
except maybe a longer life to find new excuses for.

• –  Charles Bukowski  –