We Will Defeat Death – Charles Bukowski

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A poem by Charles Bukowski called We Will Defeat death or You know and I know and Thee Know, read by Joe.

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you know and I know and thee know

that as the yellow shade rips
as the cat leaps wild-eyed
as the old bartender leans on the wood
as the hummingbird sleeps

you know and I know and thee know

as the tanks practice on false battlefields
as your tires work the freeway
as the midget drunk on cheap bourbon cries alone at night
as the bulls are carefully bred for the matadors
as the grass watches you
and the trees watch you
as the sea holds creatures vast and true

you know and I know and thee know

the sadness and the glory of two slippers under a bed
the ballet of your heart dancing with your blood
young girls of love who will someday hate their mirrors
overtime in hell
lunch with sick salad

you know and I know and thee know

the end as we know it now it seems such a lousy trick
after the lousy agony but

you know and I know and thee know

the joy that sometimes comes along out of nowhere
rising like a falcon moon across the impossibility

you know and I know and thee know

the cross-eyed craziness of total elation
we know we finally have not been cheated

you know and I know and thee know

as we look at our hands our feet our lives our way
the sleeping hummingbird
the murdered dead of armies
the sun that eats you as you face it

you know and I know and thee know

we will defeat death.


You know and I know and they know Also called we will defeat death By Charles Bukowski That has yellow shade rips as the cat Leaps wild eyed As the old bartender leans on the wood As a hummingbird sleeps You know when I know when they know Cause the tanks practice on their false Battlefields As your tires work on the freeway drunk on cheap borbing cries Alone at night The Bulls are carefully bred for the Matadors As the grass watches over you and the Trees watch you As the sea holds creatures fast and true You know and I know and they know The sadness and the glory of two Slippers under a bed The ballet of your heart dancing with Your blood Young girls of Love who someday hate Their mirrors Over time in Hell lunch with sick salad You know and I know in Dino The end as we know it now seems such a Lousy trick After the lousy agony But you know and I know in Dino The joy that sometimes comes along Out of nowhere Rising like a falcon Moon across the

Impossibility You know when I know and Dino The cross-eyed craziness of total Elation We know we finally have not been cheated You know when I know and Dino as we look At our hands our feet Our lives our way The sleeping humby bird Is the murder dead of armies Sun that eats you as you face it You know when I know and Dino We will defeat death

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