"Wax Job" by Charles Bukowski (poetry reading)

[LAtoyboy]

Very good reading by someone who understands. Thank you.

[punhoss]

I LOVE HOW YOU SAY "I got everything I need..'

[punhoss]

THAT was Awesome.

[vatsoflard]

your voice adds extra depth to this work

wonderful

[liquidyodel]

the us died when they stopped making decent cars

[vudu8ball]

This is so bleak it makes me laugh. For me Bukowski is all about how a person faces the horror of life with grace and style. Humor is a big part of that effort.

I am pleasantly surprised you have done so many of his poems. He is my favorite.

[TheBarefootServant]

Your voice is like something from my childhood. He was good. This was good.

"you just drive this thing, kid".

[berlinerdom]

T H I S I S G R E A T ! !

[bellrope]

Excellent slice of life...

[Lanark8]

Wonderful.

[thallassocracy]

The term has acquired a new, tamer. meaning in recent years, but according to Gershon Legman the 'wax job' was the original American name for the esoteric sexual practice which the French (and the English) call the Diligence de Lyon.

I rather think Bukowski intended us to pick up this meaning when he titled the poem the way he did.

I always think of Bukowski as a comic poet - in the mould of CS Calverley , or even George Outram. It sounds like you do, too.

[SpokenVerse]

Bukowski's maxim was "don't try" and his poems seem to me to be an honest slice of life, with a deliberate absence of sophistcation and therefore I don't think that the double entendre was intentional.

I agree that he was a essentially a comedian and he reminds me of Billy Connelly, coming from a similar background. There is honesty and humour in his observations. The antisocial persona role worked for him and he played it well.