Cows in Art Class

good weather
is like
good women -
it doesn't always happen
and when it does
it doesn't always last.
a man is
more stable:
if he's bad
there's more chance
he'll stay that way,
or if he's good
he might hang
on,
but a woman
is changed forever
by
children
age
diet
conversation
sex
the moon
the absence or
the presence of the sun
or good times.
a woman must be nursed
into subsistence
by love
where a man can become
stronger
by being hated

-- Written by Charles Bukowski, taken from his book The Roominghouse Madrigals