this poet he' d been drink ing 2 or 3 da ys and he wa lked out on t he stage and looked at th at audience and he just k new he was going to do i t. there was a grand pian o on stage a nd he walke d over and li fted the lid and vomited i nside the pia no. then he c losed the lid and gave his reading. ; they had to r emove the st rings from t he piano and wash out the insides and r estring it.
I can unders tand why th ey never invi ted him bac k. but to pas s the word o n to other un iversities tha t he was a poet who lik ed to vomit i nto grand pi anos was un fair.
they never c onsidered th e quality of his reading. I know this poet: he's ju st like the re st of us: he'l l vomit anyw here for mon ey.
Charles Bukowski |