It makes suicide sound worthwhile, even if at a high cost. This is presenting suicide as your best option of dealing with a problematic life. 'If you're alive and noone cares, they ignore you and hurt you then suicide will make everyone listen to what you have to say and the people who were mean to you will feel really ashamed and stop being mean.' It took us a while to realise how the worst part of it was how it presented suicide as empowerment. If I battle looks and questions everyday, what will I receive once I am seen with a LGBTQA+ spoken word poet? The constant fear runs through my head as every Pride event comes together and the word is spread. I fear that I will be marked as an outcast and be ostracized from the student body. I fear that after a huge event like a Drag Show, that I will face micro-aggressions or even hateful comments. Is my Pride shirt too much? Are my shorts too long? Are my clothes too baggy? Is my hair too short? Does my tie look too masculine? Just like any other member of the LGBTQA+ I am very excited for Pride week, but I will admit I am very nervous for the reactions that will come from it. On a Jesuit, catholic campus, I always worry about other’s reactions to just my daily appearance. Even though we have worked tirelessly attempting to make Pride week the best show of queer culture, all of us will admit to being worried about the reaction. Sometimes your day consists of battling stares, questions and public restrooms, so just imagine the reaction of the week of pure Pride and demonstrating the wonderful aspects of gayness. Going to a Jesuit University is not easy for anyone who is a part of the LGBTQA+ community.

Bukowski's ramblings about bad days and making it through those bad times have really helped me through some hard times, and I hope they can do the same for you. For days like those, it helps to hear from other people that have felt the same way. Some days absolutely suck and it feels like you are never going to make it past that day.

'Gamblers All' Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside remembering all the times you've felt this way. I think we need to be reminded of how cats truly are the best, and this is one of his poems that does that. I have yet to find someone who loves and respects their cats as much as Bukowski. When I am feeling low all I have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns. It is important to know that everything around us is precious and can be taken from us at any moment, so we must learn to love and cherish every little thing we have for however long we have it. 'Pull A String, A Puppet Moves'Īll our necessities including love, rest on foundations of sand. This poem captures his distaste with the way his neighbors live their routine lives. Living a perfect routine life is okay for some people, but for people like Bukowski, seeing people live their lives the exact same day in and day out can be sad.

Bukowski poems