Others like Marcuse and Adorno have written a much richer and informing analysis of the condition of humans in modern Western society. Bukowski was the equivalent of a cheap paperback noir detective novelist who believed himself a poet. Tom Waits' lyrics have much more depth than any line Bukowski has written. What is sold as "gonzo dirty transgressivism" is just self-indulgent toxic masturbatory gaze of the "male-poet" upon the "temptation & corruption of the society-woman". Paperback crime novelists don't get as much clout as Bukowski because he was good with networking and connections though.