Words

“Style is the answer to everything. 
A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing 
To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it 
To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art 


Bullfighting can be an art 
Boxing can be an art 
Loving can be an art 
Opening a can of sardines can be an art 


Not many have style 
Not many can keep style 
I have seen dogs with more style than men, 
although not many dogs have style. 
Cats have it with abundance. 


When Hemingway put his brains to the wall with a shotgun, 
that was style. 
Or sometimes people give you style 
Joan of Arc had style 
John the Baptist 
Jesus 
Socrates 
Caesar 
García Lorca. 


I have met men in jail with style. 
I have met more men in jail with style than men out of jail. 
Style is the difference, a way of doing, a way of being done. 
Six herons standing quietly in a pool of water, 
or you, naked, walking out of the bathroom without seeing me.” 
― Charles Bukowski