Dozing, let the ash grow long;

It
                     t
                      u
                       m
  
                         bled

                         o
                         v
                         e
                         r
                      a
                        n
                          d
                            o
                           v
                         e
                       r

                    scat   ing,
                        ter

                    com
                   pact
                    ing


                   f
                 i       c     i
               d           t     g
                    f  a     n
                     r

                    s
                       l
                          o
                             ly
                                 on
                                 to
                                 the
                                books

                                  b
                                  e
                                  l
                                  o
                                  w

                                and

                                o
                              n   s
                                e
                             Bukowski


So, ten on Bukowski
on the nose, in the sixth
at Aqueduct
tomorrow
afternoon,
but I only know
one whore.

If I win big,
I'll import
another.

©  Copyright, 2000; Malcolm Beckett