Post your favorite poem (by yourself or others)

[BPA234]

This isn't necessarily my favorite poem. But, one of many favorites by one of my favorite writers, Charles Bukowski.

The text suffers from the censoring software; some of its power is reduced by the omissions. Without the harsh language the juxtaposition of the writing is somewhat lost.

Like A Flower In The Rain

I cut the middle fingernail of the middle
finger
right hand
real short
and I began rubbing along her [censored]
as she sat upright in bed
spreading lotion over her arms
face
and breasts
after bathing.
then she lit a cigarette:
"don't let this put you off,"
an smoked and continued to rub
the lotion on.
I continued to rub the [censored].
"You want an apple?" I asked.
"sure, she said, "you got one?"
but I got to her-
she began to twist
then she rolled on her side,
she was getting wet and open
like a flower in the rain.
then she rolled on her stomach
and her most beautiful ass
looked up at me
and I reached under and got the
[censored] again.
she reached around and got my
[censored], she rolled and twisted,
I mounted
my face falling into the mass
of red hair that overflowed
from her head
and my flattened [censored] entered
into the miracle.
later we joked about the lotion
and the cigarette and the apple.
then I went out and got some chicken
and shrimp and french fries and buns
and mashed potatoes and gravy and
cole slaw,and we ate.she told me
how good she felt and I told her
how good I felt and we
ate the chicken and the shrimp and the
french fries and the buns and the
mashed potatoes and the gravy and
the cole slaw too.