what does it mean?

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"People need me. I fill them. if they can't see me for a while they get desperate, they get sick.
but if i see them too often I get sick. It's hard to feed without getting fed."

anyone can explain the whole meaning please? especially the last sentence

GPY · Accepted Answer

What is the context? Who is saying this, and in what sort of situation?

AliaAhmad · Answer

CHOPIN BUKOWSKI by Charles Bukowski

this is my piano.

the phone rings and people ask,

what are you doing? how about

getting drunk with us?

and I say,

I’m at my piano.

what?

I’m at my piano.

I hang up.

people need me. I fill

them. if they can’t see me

for a while they get desperate, they get

sick.

But if I see them too often

I get sick. it’s hard to feed

without getting fed.

my piano says things back to

me.

sometimes the things are

scrambled and not very good.

other times

I get as good and lucky as

Chopin.

sometimes I get out of practice

out of tune. that’s

all right.

I can sit down and vomit on the

keys

but it’s my

vomit.

it’s better than sitting in a room

with 3 or 4 people and

their pianos.

this is my piano

and it is better than theirs.

GPY · Answer

I'm afraid I'm not sure. I would guess that "feed" and "fed" are used in the figurative sense of sustaining someone emotionally.

AliaAhmad · Answer

can you explain it more? I also think the same but I want to explain it to someone clearly

GPY · Answer

I can't think of any way to explain it more clearly. If it does actually mean that -- which I am not 100% certain about -- then that is the clearest explanation I can think of.

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CHOPIN BUKOWSKI by Charles Bukowski

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