You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense by Charles Bukowski

Author:Charles Bukowski
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
ISBN: 9780061873041
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011-11-30T04:18:15+00:00

hard times

as I got out of my car down at the docks

two men started walking toward

me.

one looked old and mean and the other was

big and smiling.

they were both wearing

caps.

they kept walking toward me.

I got ready.

“something bothering you guys?”

“no,” said the old

guy.

they both stopped.

“don’t you remember us?”

“I’m not sure…”

“we painted your house.”

“oh, yeah…come on, I’ll buy you a

beer…”

we walked toward a cafe.

“you were one of the nicest guys we ever

worked for…”

“yeah?”

“yeah, you kept bringing us beer…”

we sat at one of those rough tables

overlooking the harbor. we

sucked at our

beers.

“you still live with that young

woman?” asked the old

guy.

“yeah. how you guys doing?”

“there’s no work now…”

I took out a ten and handed it to the old

one.

“listen, I forgot to tip you guys…”

“thanks.”

we sat with our beer.

the canneries had shut down.

Todd Shipyard had failed

and was

phasing them

out.

San Pedro was back in the

30’s.

I finished my beer.

“well, you guys, I gotta go.”

“where ya gonna go?”

“gonna buy some fish…”

I walked off toward the fish market,

turned halfway there

gave them

thumb-up

right hand.

they both took their caps off and

waved them.

I laughed, turned, walked

off.

sometimes it’s hard to know

what to

do.

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