by Henry Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)
Companion
Language: English
I am not alone. he's here now. sometimes I think he's gone then he flies back in the morning or at noon or in the night. a bird no one wants. he's mine. my bird of pain. he doesn't sing. that bird swaying on the bough.
In: Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems, Black Sparrow Press, 1992, p.163
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994), first published 1992 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Emily Shisko , "Companion" [ soprano and piano ], from He doesn't sing, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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