Saturday, March 13, 2010

Bluebirds: That's Better.

I have been getting more and more into surfing blogs and found this amazing art work I absolutely adore. The poem that inspired this piece reminded me of a distant life I once had where I wrote poetry too. And the fact that someone was inspired and created this necklace, perfect.

There's a Bluebird in my Heart Charm Necklace with Sterling Silver Chain inspired by a Charles Bukowski Poem
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There's a Bluebird in my Heart Charm Necklace with Sterling Silver Chain inspired by a Charles Bukowski PoemThere's a Bluebird in my Heart Charm Necklace with Sterling Silver Chain inspired by a Charles Bukowski PoemThere's a Bluebird in my Heart Charm Necklace with Sterling Silver Chain inspired by a Charles Bukowski PoemThere's a Bluebird in my Heart Charm Necklace with Sterling Silver Chain inspired by a Charles Bukowski PoemThere's a Bluebird in my Heart Charm Necklace with Sterling Silver Chain inspired by a Charles Bukowski Poem

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There's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?
-Charles Bukowski

You can find the link to this piece here, America. Enjoy!

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