"I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.

I'm not a guru. I wish you wouldn't pose these things at me, man. Ask me about women or something.
~ Charles Bukowski ~












I'm not a guru. I wish you wouldn't pose these things at me, man. Ask me about women or something.
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