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Bukowski

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We were still in Louisiana. The long train ride through Texas

layed ahead. They gave us cans of food but no openers. I stored my

cans on the floor and stretched out on the wooden seat. The other

men were gathered in the front of the coach, sitting together, talking

and laughing.

I closed my eyes.

After about ten minutes I felt dust rising through the cracks in the

plank seat. It was very old dust, coffin dust, it stank of death, of

something that had been dead a long time. It filtered into my nostrils,

settled into my eyebrows, tried to enter my mouth. Then I heard heavy

breathing sounds. Through the cracks I could see a man crouched be-

hind a seat, blowing dust into my face. I sat up. The man scrambled out

behind the seat and ran to the front of the car. I wiped my face and

stared at him. It was hard to believe.

“If he comes up here I want you fellows to help me.,” I heard him say.

“You gotta promise to help me...”

The gang of them looked back at me. I stretched out on the

seat again. I could hear them talking:

“What’s wrong with him?” “ Who does he think he is?” “He don’t speak

to nobody. He just stays back there by himself.”

“When we get out there on those tracks we’ll take care of him. The

bastard.”

“You think you could take him Paul? He looks crazy to me”

“If I can’t take him, somebody can. He’ll eat shit before we’re done.”

Sometime later I walked to the front for a drink of water. As

I walked by they stopped talking. They watched in silence as I drank

from the cup. Then as I turned around and walked back to my seat they

started talking again. The train made many stops, night and day. At

every stop there was a bit of green and a small town nearby, one or two

of the men would jump off.

“Hey what the hell happened to Collins and Martinez?”

The foreman would take his clipboard and cross them off the list.

He walked back to me.

“Who are you?”

“Chinaski”

“You staying with us?”

“I need the job.”

“O.K.” He walked away.

At El Paso the foreman came through and told us we were

switching trains. We were given tickets good for one night at a nearby

hotel and a meal ticket to use at a local cafe; also directions oh how,

when and where to board the next train in the a.m.

I waited outside the cafe as the men ate and as they came out picking

their teeth and talking, I walked in.

“ We’ll get his ass good, that son of a bitch!”

“Man I hate that ugly bastard.”

I went in and ordered a hamburger steak with onions and

beans. There wasn’t any butter for the bread but the coffee was good.

When I came out they were gone. A bum was walking up the sidewalk

toward me. I gave him my hotel ticket.

I slept in the park that night. It seemed safer.

I was tired and the park bench didn’t bother me at all.

I slept.

Some time later I was awaken by what sounded like a roar. I

never knew that alligators roared. Or more exactly it was many

things: a roar. an agitated inhale, and a hiss. I also heard the snap-

ping of jaws. A drunken sailor was in the center of a pond and he had

one of the alligators by the tail. The creature try to twist and reach

but found it difficult. The jaws where horrifying but very slow and

uncoordinated. Another sailor and a young girl stood watching and

laughing. Then the sailor kissed the girl and they walked off togeth-

er leaving the other fighting the alligator...

FactotumBukowski

7 We were still in R. The long train ride through q layed ahead. They gave us cans of food but no openers. t stored my cans on the floor and stretched out on the wooden seat. The other were gathered in the front of the coach, sitting together, talking and laughing.

t closed my eyes. After about ten minutes t felt n rising through the cracks in the plank seat. It was very old n, coffin n, it stank of d, of something that had been d a long time. It fil-tered into my nostrils, settled into my eyebrows, tried to enter my mouth. Then t heard heavy breathing sounds. Through the cracks t could see a man crouched behind a seat, blowing n into my face. t sat up. The man scrambled out behind the seat and ran to the front of the car. t wiped my face and stared at him. It was hard to believe.“If he comes up here I want you fellows to help me.,” t heard him say. “You gotta promise to help me...” The gang of them looked back at me. t stretched out on the seat again. t could hear them talking: “What’s wrong with him?” “ Who does he think he is?” “He don’t speak to n. He just stays back there by himself.”“When we get out there on those tracks we’ll take care of him. The 2.”“You think you could take him Paul? He looks B to me” “If I can’t take him, somebody can. He’ll eat shit before we’re done.”

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7 We were still in . The long train ride through q layed ahead. They gave us cans of food but no openers. t stored my cans on the floor and stretched out on the wooden seat. The other were gathered in the front of the coach, sitting together, talking and laughing.

t closed my eyes. After about ten minutes t felt n rising through the cracks in the plank seat. It was very old n, coffin n, it stank of , of something that had been d a long time. It fil-tered into my nostrils, settled into my eyebrows, tried to enter my mouth. Then t heard heavy breathing sounds. Through the cracks t could see a man crouched behind a seat, blowing into my face. t sat up. The man scrambled out behind the seat and ran to the front of the car. t wiped my face and stared at him. It was hard to believe.“If he comes up here I want you fellows to help me.,” t heard him say. “You gotta promise to help me...” The gang of them looked back at me. t stretched out on the seat again. t could hear them talking: “What’s wrong with him?” “ Who does he think he is?” “He don’t speak to n. He just stays back there by himself.”“When we get out there on those tracks we’ll take care of him. The 2.”“You think you could take him Paul? He looks B to me” “If I can’t take him, somebody can. He’ll eat shit before we’re done.”

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t closed my eyes. After about ten minutes t felt n rising through the cracks in the plank seat. It was very old n, coffin n, it stank of , of something that had been d a long time. It fil-tered into my nostrils, settled into my eyebrows, tried to enter my mouth. Then t heard heavy breathing sounds. Through the cracks t could see a man crouched behind a seat, blowing into my face. t sat up. The man scrambled out behind the seat and ran to the front of the car. t wiped my face and stared at him. It was hard to believe.“If he comes up here I want you fellows to help me.,” t heard him say. “You gotta promise to help me...” The gang of them looked back at me. t stretched out on the seat again. t could hear them talking: “What’s wrong with him?” “ Who does he think he is?” “He don’t speak to n. He just stays back there by himself.”“When we get out there on those tracks we’ll take care of him. The .”“You think you could take him Paul? He looks to me” “If I can’t take him, somebody can. He’ll eat shit before we’re done.”

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Sometime later t walked to the front for a drink of wa-ter. As I walked by they stopped talking. They watched in silence as t drank from the cup. Then as t turned around and walked back to my seat they started talking again. The train made many stops, night and day. At every stop there was a bit of 1 and a small town nearby, one or two of the would jump off. “Hey what the hell happened to Collins and Martinez?”The foreman would take his clipboard and cross them off the




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7 We were still in . The long train ride through q layed ahead. They gave us cans of food but no openers. t stored my cans on the floor and stretched out on the wooden seat. The other were gathered in the front of the coach, sitting together, talking and laughing.

t closed my eyes. After about ten minutes t felt n rising through the cracks in the plank seat. It was very old n, coffin n, it stank of , of something that had been d a long time. It fil-tered into my nostrils, settled into my eyebrows, tried to enter my mouth. Then t heard heavy breathing sounds. Through the cracks t could see a man crouched behind a seat, blowing into my face. t sat up. The man scrambled out behind the seat and ran to the front of the car. t wiped my face and stared at him. It was hard to believe.“If he comes up here I want you fellows to help me.,” t heard him say. “You gotta promise to help me...” The gang of them looked back at me. t stretched out on the seat again. t could hear them talking: “What’s wrong with him?” “ Who does he think he is?” “He don’t speak to n. He just stays back there by himself.”“When we get out there on those tracks we’ll take care of him. The 2.”“You think you could take him Paul? He looks B to me” “If I can’t take him, somebody can. He’ll eat shit before we’re done.”

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I slept.It seemed safer.

Then the sailor kissed the girl and they walked off together leaving the other fighting the alligator...

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Bukowski

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and laughing.

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bastard.”


“If I can’t take him, somebody can. He’ll eat shit before we’re done.”He’ll eat shit before we’re done.”

I closed my eyes.


It was very old dust, coffin dust, it stank of death, of something that

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“Who are you?”

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I slept.














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They watched in silence as I drank from the cup.

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bastard.”


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I closed my eyes.


It was very old dust, coffin dust, it stank of death, of something that

had been dead a long time.

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and laughing.

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I slept.














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and laughing.

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bastard.”





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and laughing.

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bastard.”




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“Who are you?”

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