This may all be bullshit or it may be that my seven decades of trying to figure this stuff out is finally paying-off. You be the judge.
Bukowski taught us
That
The simplest phrasings
Can be used
To express the most complex
Thoughts and feelings.
Seems obvious doesn’t it?
But after millennia of
Great artistes using
Elevated language to describe
Relatively
Simple shit, and
The opposite
Being so rarely employed
Now it merits being said aloud
And considered.
Let’s look for example at
Sex and love.
These are
NOT the same thing;
They are both
Almost always
Better for the presence of
One another
But
Sometimes sex is about power and biology
And often love is about
Vulnerability and trust.
The man wants to feel powerful
The woman wants to feel protected
When he can find his power
Through his protections
This
Demands
She give him something (preferably everything)
He wants in return.
And when she can feel protected
While making herself
Ever more responsive
To his will;
This is when
Things usually work the best.
The Viagra/Cialis
Pharmaceutical ads
For boner pills
Show commercials
Meant to obscure
The most basic reality of
Sex and love —
From old grey-temple guys
With classic cars
Or macho jobs
Or both,
Or playing in a geriatric rock band;
To an image of a New Age white collar Senior
Sitting next to women 15 years younger
In matching claw-foot bathtubs
Almost like friendly strangers
No lust
No power
No give and take,
Simply
Holding hands,
A glass of wine
On a nearby table,
As the sun sets in yellow and pink
Not even looking at one another.
This is all upside down
If a man wants
To get hard
He has to feel
Powerful —
If a woman wants to feel loved
She must feel
Desired for herself,
Boobs, ass, pussy, face,
Lips, shaved legs and clean hair
And attitude
Absolute attitude
That screams or whispers
“If you take care of me
I’ll take care of you.”
Of course, I could be wrong
About all of this;
Maybe most women just want a guy
Who’ll leave them alone —
And maybe most guys want a woman
Who’ll just nag
And order them around,
In bed and out
But I doubt it.
