<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354663" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Splash</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">the illusion is that you are simply<br>reading this poem.<br>the reality is that this is<br>more than a<br>poem.<br>this is a beggar's knife.<br>this is a tulip.<br>this is a soldier marching<br>through Madrid.<br>this is you on your<br>death bed.<br>this is Li Po laughing<br>underground.<br>this is not a god-damned<br>poem.<br>this is a horse asleep.<br>a butterfly in<br>your brain.<br>this is the devil's<br>circus.<br>you are not reading this<br>on a page.<br>the page is reading<br>you.<br>feel it?<br>it's like a cobra. it's a hungry eagle circling the room.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">this is not a poem. poems are dull,<br>they make you sleep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">these words force you<br>to a new<br>madness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">you have been blessed, you have been pushed into a<br>blinding area of<br>light.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the elephant dreams<br>with you<br>now.<br>the curve of space<br>bends and<br>laughs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">you can die now.<br>you can die now as<br>people were meant to<br>die:<br>great,<br>victorious,<br>hearing the music,<br>being the music,<br>roaring,<br>roaring,<br>roaring.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Charles+Bukowski">Charles Bukowski</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354663" data-title="Splash de Charles Bukowski" data-description="the illusion is that you are simply reading this poem. the reality is that this is more than a poem. this is a beggar's knife. this is a tulip. this is a soldier marching through Madrid. this is you on your death bed. this is Li Po laughing underg..."></div> </div> </div>

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