as the shadows assume shapes I fight the slow retreat now my once-prom…

Charles Bukowski
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as the shadows assume shapes I fight the slow retreat now my once-promise dwindling dwindling now lighting new cigarettes pouring more drinks it has been a beautiful fight still is. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2009). You Get So Alone at Times, p.43, Harper Collins
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as the shadows assume shapes I fight the slow retreat now my once-promise dwindling dwindling now lighting new cigarettes pouring more drinks it has been a beautiful fight still is. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2009). You Get So Alone at Times, p.43, Harper Collins

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