roll the dice… and go all the way!

For me, these days, it’s all about letting it roll. 

Monday, I posted a quote by Franz Kafka where he mentions being quiet and still and solitary… and having the world roll in ecstasy at your feet. Here now is Charles Bukowski’s take on life and how it rolls.

“Roll The Dice”
—Charles Bukowski

if you’re going to try, go all the
way.
otherwise, don’t even start.

if you’re going to try, go all the
way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and
maybe your mind.

go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days.
it could mean freezing on a
park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision,
mockery,
isolation.

isolation is the gift,
all the others are a test of your
endurance, of
how much you really want to
do it.
and you’ll do it
despite rejection and the worst odds
and it will be better than
anything else
you can imagine.

if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
there is no other feeling like
that.
you will be alone with the gods
and the nights will flame with
fire.

do it, do it, do it.
do it.

all the way
all the way.

you will ride life straight to
perfect laughter, it’s
the only good fight
there is.

I do LOVE and miss good ol’ crazy Buk…

it will roll in ecstasy at your feet

“You need not leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, simply wait, just learn to become quiet, and still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice; it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”

—Franz Kafka (from Senses)

the less i needed, the better i felt

the less i needed, the better i felt
is a quote i saw on facebook.

typed in white courrier letters
on a square black background.

—charles bukowski

he spoke to me.
no, he cried out.

so i googled his quote
and i found his poem.

Let It Enfold You

excerpt:

cautiously, I allowed
myself to feel good
at times.
I found moments of
peace in cheap
rooms
just staring at the
knobs of some
dresser
or listening to the
rain in the
dark.
the less I needed
the better I
felt.

Brilliant Quote du Jour (1)

“Strangely enough, this is the past that somebody
in the future is longing to go back to.”
~ Ashleigh Brilliant