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Also by John Martin:

The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993, November 2007
Hardcover
The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems, April 2007
Hardcover

Also by Charles Bukowski:

The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993, November 2007
Hardcover
Come On In!, April 2007
Paperback
The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems, April 2007
Hardcover
Ham on Rye, March 2007
Paperback
Post Office, March 2007
Paperback
Women, March 2007
Paperback
Factotum, August 2006
Trade Size (reprint)
Slouching Toward Nirvana: New Poems, January 2006
Paperback
The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems, January 2005
Paperback
sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: New Poems, January 2004
Paperback
Sunlight Here I Am, September 2003
Paperback
Septuagenerian Stew, January 2003
Paperback
Pulp, June 2002
Paperback
What Matters Most is How Well You, June 2002
Paperback
War All the Time, June 2002
Paperback
Play the Piano, June 2002
Paperback
Factotum, June 2002
Paperback
South of No North: Stories of the Buried Life, June 2002
Paperback
Open All Night, June 2002
Paperback
The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses, June 2002
Paperback
The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps, June 2002
Paperback
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, June 2002
Paperback
The Captain is Out to Lunch, June 2002
Paperback
Shakespeare Never Did This, June 2002
Paperback
Love is a Dog From Hell, June 2002
Paperback
Barfly - The Movie, June 2002
Paperback
Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame, June 2002
Paperback
Living On Luck (Living on Luck Vol. 2), June 2002
Paperback
Bring Me Your Love, June 2002
Paperback
Screams from the Balcony, June 2002
Paperback
The Last Night of the Earth Poems, June 2002
Paperback
Bone Palace Ballet, June 2002
Paperback
Hot Water Music, June 2002
Paperback
You Get So Alone at Times, June 2002
Paperback
Betting on the Muse, June 2002
Paperback
The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems 1946-1966, June 2002
Paperback
Beerspit Night and Cursing, April 2001
Paperback
Run With the Hunted: Charles Bukowski Reader, A, June 1994
Paperback
Hollywood, January 1989
Paperback
Tales of Ordinary Madness, January 1984
Paperback
The Most Beautiful Woman In Town And Other Stories, June 1983
Paperback
Notes of a Dirty Old Man, June 1981
Paperback

THE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE FLOWERS AT LAST: NEW POEMS
By: John Martin, Charles Bukowski

Ecco
April 2007
On Sale: April 1, 2007
320 pages
ISBN: 006057707X
EAN: 9780060577070
Hardcover
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Fiction

the gas line is leaking, the bird is gone from the
cage, the skyline is dotted with vultures;
Benny finally got off the stuff and Betty now has a job
as a waitress; and
the chimney sweep was quite delicate as he
giggled up through the
soot.
I walked miles through the city and recognized
nothing as a giant claw ate at my
stomach while the inside of my head felt
airy as if I was about to go
mad.
it's not so much that nothing means
anything but more that it keeps meaning
nothing,
there's no release, just gurus and self-
appointed gods and hucksters.
the more people say, the less there is to say.
even the best books are dry sawdust.

—from "fingernails; nostrils; shoelaces"