(when something is important enough,Β
even if the odds are not in your favor)
(and... i can't let her down)ββββββββββββββ
roll the dice, by charles bukowski
if you're going to try, go all the way.
otherwise, don't even start.
if you're going to try, go all the way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.
go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days.
it could mean freezing on a park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision, mockery, isolation.
isolation is the gift,
all the others are a test of your endurance,
of how much you really want to do it.
and you'll do it despite rejection and the
worst odds and it will be better than
anything else you can imagine.
if you're going to try, go all the way.
there is no other feeling like that.
you will be alone with the gods
and the nights will flame with fire.
do it, do it, do it.
do it.
all the way
all the way.
you will ride life straight to perfect laughter,
it's the only good fight there is.
otherwise, don't even start.
if you're going to try, go all the way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.
go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days.
it could mean freezing on a park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision, mockery, isolation.
isolation is the gift,
all the others are a test of your endurance,
of how much you really want to do it.
and you'll do it despite rejection and the
worst odds and it will be better than
anything else you can imagine.
if you're going to try, go all the way.
there is no other feeling like that.
you will be alone with the gods
and the nights will flame with fire.
do it, do it, do it.
do it.
all the way
all the way.
you will ride life straight to perfect laughter,
it's the only good fight there is.
(or all the other hers)
(or hims)
(or him)
(it's a barbarian - but magickal world)
(it might take a moment - but truth always wins)
...gracefully leaves the stage...
.we observe january 7th.Β
(dad's bday)
βΌοΈggg
(if it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, then it probably isΒ a duck)
(the name of my stuffed dog was "catolo")
