Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had a…

Charles Bukowski
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Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people began to appear: cranks, imbeciles, the demented, the vengeful, sadists, killers. Modern society had created its own kind and they feasted on each other. It was a duel to the death--in a cesspool. ✨ Charles Bukowski (1978). Women
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