Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. The iconic tortured artist/everyman delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions.“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter"well, that's just the way it is..."sometimes when everything seems atits worstwhen all conspiresand gnawsand the hours, days, weeksyearsseem wasted--stretched there upon my bedin the darklooking upward at the ceilingI get what many will consider anobnoxious thought:it's still nice to beBukowski.