'Be Kind' by Charles Bukowski

15:31 - 03 July 2015

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In this poem, Bukowski cuts through things with honesty and without pretense.

we are always askedto understand the other person'sviewpointno matter howout-datedfoolish orobnoxious.one is askedto viewtheir total errortheir life-wastewithkindliness,especially if they areaged.but age is the total ofour doing.they have agedbadlybecause they havelivedout of focus,they have refused tosee.not their fault?whose fault?mine?I am asked to hidemy viewpointfrom themfor fear of theirfear.age is no crimebut the shameof a deliberatelywastedlifeamong so manydeliberatelywastedlivesis.