Nicer Than Bukowski

today
I devised a metaphor
on learning women

I said it is like
climbing a mountain

on your way up,
full of adrenaline
praising your own hard work

once a month you are
stuck in a blizzard,
screaming
"I'M GOING TO DIE OUT HERE"

some clear day,
you reach the summit

now you just have to
make it back down.