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Write and Delete, Write and Delete, Write and Delete

That's what I've been doing lately
Sex poems are on a short stay plan
Like a motel by the hour
The clock ticking
Sex on a budget
Fast food too
Good going down
Makes you sorry later on

Bukowski never had to worry about this
He wrote hundreds of poems a week
No comments till long after he was dead
Cult hero for the outcasts and outliers
We have other issues
Not enough tissues
I never rhyme
Get it while you can

Written by PoetSpeak

Published 12th Sep 2018

Author's Note

Should I stay or should I go, the poem asked ?

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Re. Write and Delete, Write and Delete, Write and Delete

Eerie

12th Sep 2018 1:35pm

Ah, Bukowski....Finding that thing I love and letting it kill me.
In my case...nachos.

Never delete. Always keep. Go back, rework, reform. It's a process and sometimes it just hurts.
I feel this one today.

~E

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PoetSpeak

12th Sep 2018 1:40pm

Bar around the corner from me makes great nachos. That and a pint of Smithwicks on draught and I'm a happy Doberman.

My good poems I leave up

Thx E

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Re. Write and Delete, Write and Delete, Write and Delete

DaisyGrace

12th Sep 2018 1:42pm

Sincere question: why do you delete?

I�ve deleted for various reasons. Embarrassment, planning to rework and submit for publication with a magazine, too personal. So I get it. Just wondering. Also, do you have them saved somewhere else?