Writing music and poetry have been a part of my life for many years, along with science and martial arts. I've written a lot of songs, almost all of which no one has ever heard, including close friends. Me playing covers and reading this poem is a step toward it. My main passion is artificial intelligence (especially engineering of it into real-world systems) but guitar, piano, wrestling, jiu jitsu, and judo have helped me in that pursuit in fundamental ways that I hope to elucidate over time. If this is not your thing, please be patient and ignore it. But if you enjoy it, your support and love are always appreciated.,(reply>), I wanna hear the songs!!!!,(reply>), I love Bukowski and I've always loved this poem.  Only recently have I come across your podcast so it was a surprise to Google this poem and find you reading it, much respect Lex, you're my kind of human.,(reply>), thank you💚,(reply>), You have my appreciation and support for your art!🌹 Thank you for sharing 🙏❤️,(reply>), Please share with us more poetry! &lt;3 This was beautiful. I'm ashamed to say that I don't I'd never heard of Bukowski until your podcast with Joe Rogan. I love classic literature and am trying to get into poetry. Thank you for sharing this. &lt;3