Dear Charles Bukowski,
I'd like to thank you for writing "Dinosauria, We". The poem is so inspirational, and so intense, and so true. I absolutely loved it. I felt really empowered by what you were saying and I agree wholeheartedly. Then I found out that you wrote it in the 70s and I was shocked. It all made sense for the 70s too, not just now. Our world is still struggling with the same things we've been struggling with. The 70s seem so long ago and so disconnected from now but reading the poem made me realize that in the grand scheme of things, 40 years is not that long, and not that much has changed. Technology has changed and social norms have changed, but the root of our society has shifted only slightly. Things you point out seem so specific to our time now that I was certain it had been written only a few years ago. It impressed upon me how little progress we have made on a lot of fronts, how much work there is to be done.
Your words are so powerful and flow so seamlessly, how long did it take you to write this? I also wonder, if you had lived long enough, what you would think about our society. Who would you be voting for?
Anyways, Mr. Bukowski thank-you so much for this poem. "Dinosauria, We" will be one of those things pinned up to my wall at college. You've been an inspiration.
Love,
Gianna Clark.
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