he said, "I was working in Hollywood when Faulkner was <br />working in Hollywood and he was <br />the worst: he was too drunk to stand up at the <br />end of the afternoon and so I had to help him <br />into a taxi <br />day after day after day. <br /> <br />"but when he left Hollywood, I stayed on, and while I <br />didn't drink like that maybe I should have, I might have <br />had the guts then to follow him and get the hell out of <br />there." <br /> <br />I told him, "you write as well as <br />Faulkner.: <br /> <br />"you mean that?" he asked from the hospital <br />bed, smiling.<br /><br />Charles Bukowski<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/small-conversation-in-the-afternoon-with-john-fa/
