Platonic - Charles Bukowski

Okay, let’s do it.

I mean it’s hard work.

Platonic.

(No!)

Very good.

Never!

It’s a lie!

Lady, will you please allow me to read this goddamn poem?

Alright.

Okay.

Thank you, thank you.

Platonic.

She wanted it platonic, and I said, «Alright, what can we do?»

And she said, «I like to talk.»

So I took her to the race track, and we talked.

She had an Indian headband on, and she talked about literature and I talked

about horses.

She was going to teach poetry back east.

After the track,

she mentioned that she liked this Spanish place.

The food was real good,

and since I’d won $ 65 at the track, I thought we might as well.

The decor was S