Charles Bukowski, The Pleasures of the Damned –

Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself, –
don’t swim in the same slough. –
invent yourself and then reinvent yourself and –
stay out of the clutches of mediocrity. –

invent yourself and then reinvent yourself, –
change your tone and shape so often that they can never categorize you. –

reinvigorate yourself and –
accept what is –
but only on the terms that you have invented –
and reinvented. –

be self-taught.

and reinvent your life because you must;
it is your life and
its history
and the present
belong only to
you.