Mount Fuji is a fool, because its views
are glorious--breath-stopping majesty
awaits the traveler to its ice-kissed peak.
But so also the saying goes, that one
who climbs Mount Fuji twice is twice the fool,
because it's painful and exhausting work:
too hot, then cold, and hellfire on the heart.
So that is why, my dear, I leave you now;
we tried our hands at love, and it was grand,
but scaling once that dizzying height was too
soon followed by the treacherous descent.
You say that next time we'll enjoy it more,
But I say, Darling--I've been there before!
(c)M. Lee Alexander 2007
from Observatory
Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY
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