Sometimes a man doesn’t know what to do about things and sometimes it’…

Charles Bukowski
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Sometimes a man doesn’t know what to do about things and sometimes it’s best to lie very still and try not to think at all about anything. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2015). On Cats, p.38, Canongate Books
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Sometimes a man doesn’t know what to do about things and sometimes it’s best to lie very still and try not to think at all about anything. ✨ Charles Bukowski (2015). On Cats, p.38, Canongate Books

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