The Laughing Heart by CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Your life is your life
Don’t let it be clubbed into dark submission.
Be on the watch
There are ways out.
There is a 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.

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