Slouching Toward Nirvana: New Poems -- Charles Bukowski

<p>in this place</p><p> there are the dead, the deadly and the dying.</p><p> there is the cross, the builders of the cross and the burners of the</p><p> cross.</p><p> the pattern of my life forms like a cheap shadow</p><p> on the wall before me.</p><p> my love</p><p> what is left of it</p><p> now must crawl</p><p> to wherever it can crawl.</p><p> the strongest know that death is </p><p> final</p><p> and the happiest are those gifted with the</p><p> shortest journey.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Charles Bukowski<br><b>Publisher:</b> Ecco Press<br><b>Published:</b> 01/03/2006<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.75lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780060577049<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times</i> 02/19/2006 pg. 24<br><i>Foreword</i> 05/01/2005 pg. 1<p></p>