Name that poem

[nymark]

Does anyone know the name of the poem whereby Bukowski was driving a mail truck and trying to get home before Miriam left? He abandoned the truck, ran home and found a note saying she got sick of waiting and left.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

"hot" from Burning in Water... pg. 161.

 

[nymark]

Lovely. Thank you very much.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

my pleasure.
please tip your waiter accordingly.

 

[mjp]

According to where he says he abandoned the truck in that poem, he may well have worked out of the Pico Heights station, 90006. At least for a time in '53, '54, before becoming a clerk at Terminal Annex.

For all you binding-sniffers and paper-doters...

 

[nymark]

Have you heard him read this poem? It's great! I think it's on the Redondo Beach recording.

 

[Bukfan]

No, "Hot" is on the "Poems And Insults" CD!- And yes, it's great. The whole reading is great!

 

[roni]

it's also on 'Hello, it's good to be back' - the CD with the german reading 1978.

 

[ROC]

For all you binding-sniffers and paper-doters...

Thanks!

 

[Bukfan]

it's also on 'Hello, it's good to be back' - the CD with the german reading 1978.

But unfortunately not on the "Solid Citizen" CD, which is also a recording of the German reading. It should be forbidden to edit out poems from a recorded Buk reading...:mad:

 

[roni]

... It should be forbidden to edit out poems from a recorded Buk reading...

that's right.
but 'Solid Citizen' was a bad-sounding bootleg anyway.