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everyone called him hank
bukowski socialized with
sean penn and madonna
but he did not care for
the material girl with her airs,
acting like a literary
poseur, name dropping, chatting
about swinburne, like
some patron at a bloomsbury
salon. she even asked
him if he would appear
in her raunchy sex book
but he refused. bukowski
would complain to sean
about madonna's phony
behavior and sean would
get furious and defensive.
bukowski just laughed it
off. he valued sean as a
friend and an artist but
he had no time for
madonna playing hip,
he said, not being real.
bukowski treasured his
daughter, his wife, his cats,
classical music and his
muse, his way with words,
characters, situations.
he was a regular guy
and a gifted poet...
and everyone called him hank.
Vernon Waring's poetry has appeared in The Writer, The Iconoclast, Alabama School of Fine Arts Quarterly,
Midwestern University Quarterly, New Dimensions, and Anthology as well as on the Prairie Home Companion's Web site.
His light verse has been published in the Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia Daily News, and WRITE ON!! Poetry Magazette.
His short fiction and poetry have also been featured online in Ascent Aspirations Magazine. He resides in King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania.
Email: Vernon Waring
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