The kings

Monarchy is dated.

The bukowski fanboys would murder me

For I refuse to capitalize the name of their king.

Kings aren't capitalized,

First letters of the sentence are capitalized.

It's why Kerouac and Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti

and Corso and Burroughs all deserve capitals.

Without the beats there would be no bukowski

no wallace no pynchon no delillo no thompson.

No future of revolutionaries,

finding new ways to tell old stories.

Author's Note

first draft of a rough poem. Made without revision