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| Spillwords is publishing my poem, Charles Bukowski Road Not Chosen in their next issue coming soon. you can find my other work published by Spillwords as follows on their web site @https://spillwords.com/?s=Jake+Cosmos+Aller&ct_bot_detector_event_token=3b279463... SPOTLIGHT ON WRITERS – JAKE COSMOS ALLER JAKE COSMOS ALLER·JUNE 26, 2021 Spotlight On Writers Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller Where, do you hail from? I grew up in Berkeley,... ENGLISHQ&AAUTHORSPOETRY 1 MIN READ ONE NIGHT IN BOMBAY JAKE COSMOS ALLER·JANUARY 23, 2024 One Night in Bombay written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @aller_jake One night In Bombay, India I walked into... ENGLISHPOETRY 1 MIN READ MOZART BLUES JAKE COSMOS ALLER·OCTOBER 2, 2023 Mozart Blues written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @aller_jake One morning I woke up And walked out of my... POETRYENGLISH 1 MIN READ REFLECTIONS IN MY BEER JAKE COSMOS ALLER·MAY 31, 2023 Reflections in My Beer written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @aller_jake I sit staring at my beer Listening to... POETRYENGLISH 1 MIN READ LONELY DOG JAKE COSMOS ALLER·DECEMBER 30, 2022 Lonely Dog written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @aller_jake A lonely dog Goes out into the courtyard Waiting for... POETRYENGLISH 1 MIN READ DAZZLING LIGHT OF THE FULL MOON JAKE COSMOS ALLER·AUGUST 21, 2022 Dazzling Light of The Full Moon written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @aller_jake Dazzling light of the full moon... ENGLISHPOETRY 1 MIN READ STRANGERS SLEEPING ON THE STREETS JAKE COSMOS ALLER·SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 Strangers Sleeping on The Streets written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller In these sad days of the pandemic... ENGLISHPOETRY 1 MIN READ EVE EATS THE APPLE JAKE COSMOS ALLER·JUNE 10, 2021 Eve Eats The Apple written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller Eve was in the garden Talking with Mr.... POETRYENGLISH 1 MIN READ JUST ENOUGH FOR COFFEE JAKE COSMOS ALLER·FEBRUARY 9, 2021 Just Enough for Coffee written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller A homeless man Stood on the street Counting... ENGLISHPOETRYFEATURED POST 1 MIN READ MOCKING FACES STARING AT ME JAKE COSMOS ALLER·SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 Mocking Faces Staring at Me written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller Mocking faces hunting my dreams Hundreds of... POETRYENGLISH 1 MIN READ CHAOS JAKE COSMOS ALLER·JULY 6, 2020 Chaos written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller the world descends into chaos as our world leaders led by... ENGLISHPOETRY 1 MIN READ DORA THE INTERGALACTIC EXPLORER JAKE COSMOS ALLER·APRIL 27, 2020 Dora The Intergalactic Explorer written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller Dora the intergalactic explorer Is traveling to the... ENGLISHPOETRY 1 MIN READ EVERYDAY I TURN ON THE NEWS JAKE COSMOS ALLER·MARCH 26, 2020 Everyday I Turn On The News written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller every day I turn on the... POETRYENGLISH 1 MIN READ MORNING LIGHT JAKE COSMOS ALLER·FEBRUARY 12, 2020 Morning Light written by: Jake Cosmos Aller the terrors of the night the worst imaginings of what might... POETRYENGLISH 1 MIN READ RAMBLING MAN, WHERE IS YOUR HOME? JAKE COSMOS ALLER·SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 Rambling Man, Where is your Home? written by: Jake Cosmos Aller Where is my home? Where do I... ENGLISHPOETRY 1 MIN READ DARK DANGEROUS THOUGHTS JAKE COSMOS ALLER·AUGUST 19, 2018 Dark Dangerous Thoughts written by: Jake Cosmos Aller An old man wakes up Confronting the dark dangerous thoughts... POETRYENGLISH 1 MIN READ IN SEARCH OF AMERICA – HITCHHIKING TALES JAKE COSMOS ALLER·JULY 31, 2018 In Search of America Hitchhiking Tales written by: Jake Cosmos Aller When I was young and foolish Broke... POETRYENGLISH 2 MINS READ BUS RIDES IN AMERICA’S UNDERBELLY JAKE COSMOS ALLER·JULY 13, 2018 Bus Rides In America’s Underbelly written by: Jake Cosmos Aller the Bus – Travels Through America’s Underbelly I... POETRYENGLISH Thank you for submitting your literary work to us. We are delighted to share the exciting news that our team has reviewed your piece and it has been chosen for publication on Spillwords.com. Congratulations! We are currently finalizing the publication details. In the near future, you can expect another message from us with all the necessary information, including the publication date, time, and the link to your published work. Make sure to mark your calendar and share this wonderful news with your friends, family, and fellow writers. We are eager to celebrate your publication and witness the impact your words will have on readers worldwide. Warm regards, Dagmara K. Chief Editor | Editing Department Editor@spillwords.com * Please note that publication scheduling is based on the ebb and flow of submissions, as well as the daily relevance of the literary work to our schedule. As a result, your work may be scheduled up to a month in advance, with some exceptions. We appreciate your understanding. DAGMARA K. 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Title: Charles Bukowski Road Not Chosen While reading Charles Bukowski's poetry On the metro ride home Listening to Buddha bar music On my oh too hip IPod I begin to see myself as I was Over 30 years ago when I was merely a bit player A minor character in a Charles Bukowski poem A wild young underemployed intellectual Hanging out in dismal bars and dives all over Asia and California Hanging with disreputable women and drunks and drinkers And characters out of his kinds of haunts A mad poet bard of the underground A drunken poet in a drunken bum show That nightly played in his head Then one day I met the woman of my dreams And went down a different path A long slow path to respectability And now 30 years later I am no longer a wild man I am still a poet at heart But I am now also a bureaucrat In a button-down suite Doing the people's business Working for the Government I've become the Man Sometimes I wonder Would I have been better off Going down that other path Would I have ended up Somewhere else Doing something else Would I have been as happy Would I have been as successful? No answer satisfies The longing in my heart For that wild thing That still lurks beneath It's a civilized cover And I know that I am still A mad poet at heart Railing against the injustice of the world As I work day by day in the belly of the great beast of State I recall the ancient Chinese saying, "Confucian during the day while Taoist rebel at night" Playing out in my head and nightly dreams In the true American Upper-class patrician tradition I close the book and look out the window Get off the train, and walk slowly home And realize I had no choice But to take the path that I’ve trodden on And so I put aside my misgivings And say goodbye to my "Bukowskian" desires For another night of domestic contentment Was it worth it all to take the conventional path? And not take the bohemian road to hell and back I look at my wife and realize I had no choice, had no choice But to follow her to the ends of the earth And beyond by her side as we walked our path Of shared destiny Goodbye Charles Bukowski wherever you are May I meet you in a bar in the next life? And figure out where we should have gone Until then the drinks are on me. |
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