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(Fragments selected from 'Bukowski Lives! CD', which includes this poem called 'The Genius Of A Crowd' from the book in 1966 with the same name)


ESPAÑOL

Su mejor arte
(Fragmentos seleccionados del disco 'Bukowski Lives!', el cual inlcuye este poema llamado 'The Genius Of A Crowd', incluido en el libro con el mismo nombre, del año 1966)

'Al no ser capaces de crear arte, no entenderán el arte.
Al no ser capaces de amar plenamente, creerán que tu amor es incompleto y te odiarán.
Su mejor arte'.



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The Genius Of The Crowd

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day

and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love

beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average

but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect

like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock

their finest art

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from Lluevenalces Vol. 1 - De la poes​í​a y otros árboles, released May 25, 2015
Música por Joan Cornejo
Selección de versos: Joan Cornejo

Extracto del poema 'The Genius Of The Crowd' de 1966, del libro con el mismo nombre.

Poema: The Shoelace.
Autor del Poema: Charles Bukowski (1920-1994).
Libro: Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, 1972.
Voz: Charles Bukowski, de 'Bukowski Tapes, de la cinta n°35.
Selección y arreglos musicales: Joan Cornejo.


Poem: The Shoelace.
Poem Author: Charles Bukowski from Tape n°35 in 'Bukowski Tapes'.
Book: Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, 1972.
Selection, and musical arrangements: Joan Cornejo.

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