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I think it__ glorious to be nervous. Being nervous is great! How often do we get nervous on a daily basis? Being slightly nervous means you care, and you__e alive, and you__e taking some kind of risk. Hooray for being nervous! A friend told me to substitute the word __xcitement_ for __ervous_. That way you acknowledge the physical feelings without putting a negative spin on things. So to answer your question, sometimes I still get so excited about __pdate_ that I want to throw up

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The dead do not needaspirin orsorrow,I suppose.but they might needrain.not shoesbut a place towalk.not cigarettes,they tell us,but a place to burn.or we're told:space and a place to flymight be thesame.the dead don't need me.nor do theliving.but the dead might needeachother.in fact, the dead might needeverything weneedandwe need so muchif we only knewwhat itwas.it isprobablyeverythingand we will allprobably dietrying to getitor diebecause wedon't getit.I hopeyou will understandwhen I am deadI got as muchaspossible.

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Charles Bukowski

The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966