Play the piano drunk like a percussion instrument until the fingers begin to bleed a bit

"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."-Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author "He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels."-Leonard Cohen, songwriter Play the Piano introduces Charles Bukowski's poetry from the 1970s. He leads a life full of gambling and booze but also finds love. These poems are full of lechery and romance as he struggles to mature.