Dedicated to Henry Charles Bukowski: so you want to be a writer?

if it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don’t do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don’t do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for…

(Source: notwithabangbut-awhimper)

(Reblogged from henrycharlesbukowski)

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