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Charles Bukowski Festival, 2020
The Charles Bukowski Society (Bukowski-Gesellschaft in German) will celebrate the first 100 years of Charles Bukowski in Bamberg, Germany, from June 22 through June...
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The Waiting Room
Chairs creak, restless and stiff,
old man in tweed mutters prayers, beads clicking
against rough fingers—years worn thin by faith.
A mother huddles over a sick child,
eyes...
