Sometimes old Hammered Hank really can tug ye olde heartstrings... my reading of this lowkey plea for kindness on a harsh lonely planet accompanied by Max Richter's Sarajevo and a bunch of gifs I cobbled together. If you enjoy my readings and would like to support the channel, you can buy me a cup of coffee : br The Crunch by Charles Bukowskibr br too muchbr too littlebr br too fatbr too thinbr or nobody.br br laughter orbr tearsbr br hatersbr loversbr br strangers with faces likebr the backs ofbr thumb tacksbr br armies running throughbr streets of bloodbr waving winebottlesbr bayoneting and fuckingbr virgins.br br or an old guy in a cheap roombr with a photograph of M. Monroe.br br there is a loneliness in this world so greatbr that you can see it in the slow movement ofbr the hands of a clock.br br people so tiredbr mutilatedbr either by love or no love.br br people just are not good to each otherbr one on one.br br the rich are not good to the richbr the poor are not good to the poor.br br we are afraid.br br our educational system tells usbr that we can all bebr big-ass winners.br br it hasn't told usbr about the guttersbr or the suicides.br br or the terror of one personbr aching in one placebr alonebr br untouchedbr unspoken tobr br watering a plant.br br people are not good to each other.br people are not good to each other.br people are not good to each other.br br I suppose they never will be.br I don't ask them to be.br br but sometimes I think aboutbr it.br br the beads will swingbr the clouds will cloudbr and the killer will behead the childbr like taking a bite out of an ice cream cone.br br too muchbr too littlebr br too fatbr too thinbr or nobodybr br more haters than lovers.br br people are not good to each other.br perhaps if they werebr our deaths would not be so sad.br br meanwhile I look at young girlsbr stemsbr flowers of chance.br br there must be a way.br br surely there must be a way we have not yetbr thought of.br br who put this brain inside of me?br br it criesbr it demandsbr it says that there is a chance.br br it will not saybr "no.