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“I dream a dream

that no one can dream

in this dream i see

love and hate and pride and

sin

i thought about mirrors and candles

i sleep above pale blue skies

that with no stars it lies

and i cry tears of wine

and i run from my shadows

and dance in my cradle

and it seems the best

for this test

and i think before hours it last

this dream

my inner me

i guess?

or just maybe

and unvited guest”

“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