To the imitator of Charles Bukowski

don’t imitate Charles Bukowski,
lest you be called
a fool.

the most imitated
poet in the world,
makes all imitators
look like fools.

“the ego creates that strange mirage, love.”
love feeds ego. ego, love.
love does not rip ego,
nor ego rips love.

Fernando Pessoa says the same:
we love no one, we love ourselves.
loving others is not love -
just feeling good ourselves,
just feeding our egos.