Smile in the Dark
the pleasures of the damned by charles bukowski [https://www.poetry.com/poem/53663/the-pleasures-of-the-damned]
> the pleasures of the damned
> are limited to brief moments
> of happiness:
> like the eyes in the look of a dog,
> like a square of wax,
> like a fire taking the city hall,
> the county,
> the continent,
> like fire taking the hair
> of maidens and monsters;
> and hawks buzzing in peach trees,
> the sea running between their claws,
> Time
> drunk and damp,
> everything burning,
> everything wet,
> everything fine.
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UNHCR [https://www.unrefugees.org/],
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**Hey hey, btw, all those do gooders I link to? They have no idea who I am and have nothing to do with me (and I like it that way). I just think they're neat.
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