Flat Sharing With Bukowski

Flat Sharing With Bukowski


I love the simplicity of this poem by Bukowski about his flat sharing with a woman and her four cats.


wearing the collar

I live with a lady and four cats
and some days we all get
along.

some days I have trouble with
one of the
cats.

other days I have trouble with
two of the
cats.

other days,
three.

some days I have trouble with
all four of the
cats

and the
lady:

ten eyes looking at me
as if I was a dog.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI (1920-1994)