The Aliens
The Aliens - meaning Summary
People Who Glide Through Life
Bukowski presents a brief, observational portrait of people who live with minimal pain or struggle. He notes their comfortable routines, satisfying domestic ties, occasional grief, and generally undisturbed happiness, culminating in a painless death. The poem treats this calm existence as almost foreign to the speaker’s worldview, implying a contrast between ordinary ease and the more turbulent life the speaker expects or experiences.
Read Complete AnalysesYou may not believe it but there are people who go through life with very little friction or distress. They dress well, eat well, sleep well. They are contented with their family life. They have moments of grief but all in all they are undisturbed and often feel very good. And when they die it is an easy death, usually in their sleep.
Feel free to be first to leave comment.