Working Out - Bukowski, poema

(pintura: Van Gogh, Glass Of Absinthe And A Carafe)
Van Gogh cut off his ear
gave it to a
prostitute
who flung it away in
extreme
disgust.

Van, whores don't want
ears
they want
money.

I guess that's why you were
such a great
painter: you
didn't understand
much
else.