William S Burroughs

tHE gENIUS OF THE cROWD (Bukowski)

The Cat

"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing." William S. Burroughs

Charles Bukowski, "Ham on Rye #43"

"Did your father really blow his brains out because of your mother?"

"Yeah. He was on the telephone. He told her he had a gun. He said 'If you don't come back to me I'm going to kill myself. Will you come back to me?' And my mother said, 'No.' There was a shot and that was that."

"What did your mother do?"

"She hung up."

(Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye, #43)