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Jun 4, 2026 2 hr 6 min

Smile in the Dark

from Poems & Whiskey

the pleasures of the damned by charles bukowski 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. Karen's Site Clean Margins Here! and Here! Mentions: Pulp Fiction Tim Burton Rondel Sonnet Lamp Lit Iroquois Theater Fire Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire The Monkees Weird Al Yankovic The Misfits Star Trek Strange New Worlds Lower Decks NIN GISH AnteSocial Random Acts Gilda's Club Gilda Radner Gene Wilder Poetry School Nocturne Magazine Good people doing good things ---> Random Acts' Lantern Fund, How to Help MN Master List , How to Perform an Act of Kindness Locally Food Not Bombs, INARA, MAP, Islamic Relief for Palestine, The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children's Fund Legacy of War Foundation UNHCR, *I own and profit off nothing in this bizarre hubristic venture. It is a vehicle for expression, education, and artistic play (probably a little bit of a humiliation kink too if we're being honest here lol). **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. ***My sounds and music comes from Epidemic Sound.

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