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Out Of The Arm Of One Love...

out of the arm of one love

and into the arms of another

I have been saved from dying on the cross

by a lady who smokes ***

writes songs and stories

and is much kinder than the last,

much much kinder,

and the *** is just as good or better.

it isn't pleasant to be put on the cross and left there,

it is much more pleasant to forget a love which didn't

work

as all love

finally

doesn't work ...

it is much more pleasant to make love

along the shore in Del Mar

in room 42, and afterwards

sitting up in bed

drinking good wine, talking and touching

smoking

listening to the waves ...

 

I have died too many times

believing and waiting, waiting

in a room

staring at a cracked ceiling

wating for the phone, a letter, a knock, a sound ...

going wild inside

while she danced with strangers in nightclubs ...

out of the arms of one love

and into the arms of another

it's not pleasant to die on the cross,

it is much more pleasant to hear your name whispered in

the dark.

Written by
Charles Bukowski
1920-1994 / Male / American
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