you’re yelling down
through the centuries
to me
but you’re making me laugh
cause
you’re also telling me
about how you
used to run mail
and all that
other
shit.
somehow
you’re yelling down through history
to me
Chuck.
and for this courage
I thank you.
Curator at Going For the Throat, columnist for Into The Void, progenitor of stand-up tragedy™. Jim Trainer publishes a collection of poetry every year through Yellow Lark Press. To sign up for Jim Trainer’s Poem Of The Week, visit jimtrainer.net.
Chuck you did it, along with 6 other poems and an essay written in tribute to Charles Bukowski, are available in the latest issue of The Schuylkill Valley Journal.
Going for the Throat 
Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation.”
— Charles Bukowski
xo~Sadie
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