What good are you? What can you do? It has cost me a thousands of doll…

Charles Bukowski
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What good are you? What can you do? It has cost me a thousands of dollars to raise you, feed you, clothe you! Suppose I left you here on the street? Then what would you do? Catch butterflies ✨ Charles Bukowski (2001). Ham On Rye, p.221, Canongate Books
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What good are you? What can you do? It has cost me a thousands of dollars to raise you, feed you, clothe you! Suppose I left you here on the street? Then what would you do? Catch butterflies ✨ Charles Bukowski (2001). Ham On Rye, p.221, Canongate Books

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