Nausea - Vol. 3 - No. 1 - 1975: Bow Love Down

[Pogue Mahone]

 

[mjp]

This is "Dow Average Down" from Play the Piano Drunk. Significant changes between this and that.

 

[cirerita]

Significant changes between this and that.

Yes, made by Bukowski himself! The first draft of this poem, first titled "a poem the female liberationists will hardly like at all" and then "dow [not "bow"] love down:" is identical to the Play the Piano version. The magazine version seems to be a second draft where Bukowski tightened things up a bit.

 

[mjp]

Maybe the "Bow" in this title is a transcription mistake made by the magazine.