goodbye, my love

"deadly ash of everything

we've mauled it to pieces

ripped the head off

the arms

the legs

cut away the sexual organs

pissed on the heart

deadly ash of everything

everywhere

the sidewalks are now harder

the eyes of the populace crueler

the music more tasteless

ash

I'm left with pure 

ash

first we pissed on the heart

now we piss on the ash."

BUKOWSKI