experience

Experience
-Charles Bukowski

she claimed to be
worldly
to have traveled
everywhere
was said to have known
many famous men and even
slept with some of
them.

really she had
(she said)
done it
all.

after dinner
at a neighborhood Japanese restaurant
I asked her if she would care for a
drink.

she ran her eyes over the menu
then said she guessed
she'd have the
sake.

which i
ordered.

and when the drink
arrived
she picked it
up

sipped
then quickly set it
down

looking disgusted.

"whats the matter?"
i asked.

she replied,
"why is this
stuff
HOT?"