"did you ever see a horse with
a broken leg
trying to stand on that
leg?
I don't have the guts to watch, I
have to look away up into the
grand-stand and there another terrible
sight awaits me, all those human faces
and I have to look away again as
the darkness descends and you
become aware of your heart, your
throat, your despair, your mind and
what's left of your spirit, that's
when you know that you've never
accomplished anything worthwhile-so
cart the horse away, nuke the humans
and the cities, trash history,
just leave standing there my shoes, untied,
the left one upright, the right one on
its side, there like that, frozen
in time, empty forever."
(Charles Bukowski, Slouching Toward Nirvana)
