Tuesday, October 15, 2013

So Gloomy:

    I am a member of the unemployed now with nothing but a typer and a couple of paint brushes to hold off the world. So keep your fingers crossed for me and hope the gods are on my side. There's my 5 year old daughter involved and if I lost her, that would do me in. But things sometimes have a way of working. There's no need to lay it down yet. There's a novel in my mind and The Days Run Away... moving very nicely. but but but....
     This letter is so gloomy, Jim, that I can't ever write it, finish it. I'll write when things are looking better.
    -Bukowski to Jim Roman
     January 11, 1970
That's pretty much how I feel everyday, i.e., the part about "can't ever write it" or "finish it."

2 comments:

  1. Keep the faith Randall! Better days are always ahead. You have something wonderful to share, just let yourself express it.

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  2. Thanks for the encouragement, but what if I have no faith? Then what? Is it possible to not have faith in anything?

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