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My Famous Dead Person – Stefani Zellmer

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:20 — 4 Comments

Charles Bukowski reaches into his pocket, because the first thing you want to do when you wake from the dead is smoke. Instead of cigarettes, he finds my note and manages to uncrumple it with his calloused hands. He reads 2137 Whitley Avenue, Los Angeles, written in big loopy letters, then the summons—“Come to Dinner?”—that I’d written underneath.