*by Charles Bukowski* >Your life is your life >Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. >Be on the watch. >There are ways out. >There is light somewhere. >It may not be much light but >It beats the darkness. >Be on the watch. >The gods will offer you chances. >Know them. >Take them. >You can’t beat death but >You can beat death in life, sometimes. >And the more often you learn to do it, >The more light there will be. >Your life is your life. >Know it while you have it. >You are marvelous >The gods wait to delight >In you.