why is everybody looking at me
did i forget to wear clothes again
i swore last time would be the last time
but it’s half past nine and my dad’s dying
can you lend me a few dollars
i’m starving and mentally ill
i walk around helplessly
from person to person
begging for change
let’s pick up guns and make them listen
let’s drop bombs on them from above
let’s spy on them with technology
let’s degenerate them slowly
let’s destroy their only hope
of escape from the ether
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IS WALTER MACKEY THE “GAY BUKOWSKI OF ALT LIT”?
even tho i disagree with much of his essay on “#quickshit,” i have to admit, walter mackey”s confidence and tenacity is kind of boosteing to me.. mackey”s willingness to present himself as a total asshole is starting to remind me, fondly, of charles bukowski or even a formspring-era zachary german
charles bukowski also had a similar take on #quickshit, even in the age of the typewriter (my italics):
if it doesn’t come bursting out of youin spite of everything,don’t do it.unless it comes unasked out of yourheart and your mind and your mouthand your gut,don’t do it.if you have to sit for hoursstaring at your computer screenor hunched over yourtypewritersearching for words,don’t do it. […]if you have to sit there andrewrite it again and again,don’t do it. […] if you first have to read it to your wifeor your girlfriend or your boyfriendor your parents or to anybody at all,you’re not ready. […] unless it comes out ofyour soul like a rocket,unless being still woulddrive you to madness orsuicide or murder,don’t do it.
i wil discuss “#quickshit” a little in my forthcomeing essay, haha which i keep talkeing up.. i will probaly post it tomorow](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6hvs94riB1qkz7xto1_500.jpg)
IS WALTER MACKEY THE “GAY BUKOWSKI OF ALT LIT”?
even tho i disagree with much of his essay on “#quickshit,” i have to admit, walter mackey”s confidence and tenacity is kind of boosteing to me.. mackey”s willingness to present himself as a total asshole is starting to remind me, fondly, of charles bukowski or even a formspring-era zachary german
charles bukowski also had a similar take on #quickshit, even in the age of the typewriter (my italics):
if it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don’t do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don’t do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don’t do it.
[…]
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don’t do it.
[…]
if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you’re not ready.
[…]
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don’t do it.i wil discuss “#quickshit” a little in my forthcomeing essay, haha which i keep talkeing up.. i will probaly post it tomorow
