Charles Bukowski

Yes Yes

Yes Yes - meaning Summary

Uneven Divine Handiwork

Bukowski lists God’s uneven handiwork—love, dogs, hate, narcotics—assigning moods like drunk, high, asleep to explain flaws. The poem juxtaposes cosmic creation and human failings with crude humor and blunt eroticism. The speaker treats most creations as mistakes or indifferent acts, but the beloved lying in bed is presented as an intentional, culminating act that redeems the universe through raw desire and celebration.

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when God created love he didn't help most when God created dogs He didn't help dogs when God created plants that was average when God created hate we had a standard utility when God created me He created me when God created the monkey He was asleep when He created the giraffe He was drunk when He created narcotics He was high and when He created suicide He was low when He created you lying in bed He knew what He was doing He was drunk and He was high and He created the mountians and the sea and fire at the same time He made some mistakes but when He created you lying in bed He came all over His Blessed Universe.

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