Bukowski

on the surface
you are correct
he was an asshole
a drunk
maybe even
a misogynist

but if you keep reading
you will find in the undertones
golden eggs of hope
hatched in a world of shit

prayers offered to selfish gods
that would sooner not exist
than to answer

deep in all of the acridity
acrimony and ugliness
there was a tiny spark
of beauty

and if you're the kind of person that gets it
then you'd know
that a tiny spark
is all it takes
to keep a man going