http://www.fouristhenewone.com Sat, 22 May 2010 23:25:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en neal cassady. In his later years he seemed to carry an indescribable air of sadness in his eyes as if that “whole mad swirl” had finally taken its’ toll and his words moved slower than they had before and sentences collapsed neal, man the whole world was caught up in the flames that consumed you at times it seemed you’d burn forever that white heat that only messiahs and maniacs survive your words spoken and written bitter [...]]]> http://www.fouristhenewone.com/?p=24 “Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish — a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow — to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive [...]]]> http://www.fouristhenewone.com/?p=15 Confession waiting for death like a cat that will jump on the bed I am so very sorry for my wife she will see this stiff white body shake it once, then maybe again “Hank!” Hank won’t answer. it’s not my death that worries me, it’s my wife left with this pile of nothing. I want to let her know though that all the nights sleeping beside her even the useless arguments were things ever splendid and the hard words I ever feared to say can now be said: I love you. Charles Bukowski ]]> http://www.fouristhenewone.com/?p=10 “Benedicto: May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets’ towers into a dark primeval forest [...]]]> http://www.fouristhenewone.com/?p=9 “What’s your road, man?–holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It’s an anywhere road for anybody anyhow.” - Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Part 4, Ch. 1 ]]> http://www.fouristhenewone.com/?p=4 In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it. I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You can not now [...]]]> http://www.fouristhenewone.com/?p=7