No Leaders, Please


invent yourself and then reinvent yourself,

don’t swim in the same slough.

invent yourself and then reinvent yourself

and

stay out of the clutches of mediocrity.


invent yourself and then reinvent yourself,

change your tone and shape so often that they can

never

categorize you.


reinvigorate yourself and

accept what is

but only on the terms that you have invented

and reinvented.


be self-taught.


and reinvent your life because you must;

it is your life and

its history

and the present

belong only to

you.


Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)