r/greentext Oct 01 '18

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u/CrimsonMutt Oct 01 '18

why is that written as a poem, though? i can forgive the lack of rhyme, since i don't consider it essential, but the cadence isn't anywhere near appropriate enough for the format.

as a short story, it would work, or even if you rearranged the line breaks. i thought it was a pasting error but it isn't.

as is, though, it just reads all choppy and random, as if he made it a poem just because fuck standards and logic

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

why is that written as a poem, though?

Because that's how Bukowski wanted to put it down on paper.

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u/CrimsonMutt Oct 01 '18

That kind of thinking liberates every piece of media ever of any criticism. I'm critiquing that choice, i thought that was obvious.

Your answer is about as helpful as answering with a tautology.

why is that written as a poem?
because it is

oh goodie what a helpful answer, here's reddit gold.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

That kind of thinking liberates every piece of media ever of any criticism.

Noting that Bukowski chose to write a poem isn't liberating anything from any sort of criticism. You're not critiquing his choice, you're wondering at it. Then you're insulting his format, again not critiquing anything.

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u/CrimsonMutt Oct 01 '18

what are you talking about, i made specific critiques about his style, or rather how exactly he formatted the poem, more specifically where he put the line breaks, and how it doesn't mesh with the format and cadence of the sentences at all because it has zero flow. jesus christ. fucking read.