A friendly advise for a lot of young people

Go to the Tibet
ride a camel
read the bible
dye your shoes blue
grow a beard.
Travel around the world on a paper canoe
subsribe to the Saturday Evening Post
Chew only on the left side of your mouth
marry a one legged woman and shave with a razor.


And carve your name on her arm.

Brush your teeth with gasoline
sleep all day and climb trees at night
Be monks and drink pellets and beer
keep your head underwater and play the violin
dance the belly dance in front of pink candles
kill your dog
run for Mayor
live in a barrel
split your head with an axe
plant turlips under the rain.



But don't write poetry



-Charles Bukowski-