A Bukowski beer hug

 The alcohol in a beer can hug you
A big nostalgic embrace assuring your
The stoic round belly bukowski
Skiing on prose and coasters

How a beer can put it's arms around you
make you feel right at home
In these strange place you seek
varying from the familiar

Each sips lifts another weight off your shoulders
Eliminating the nerves tightened by the expectant outside world
Offers that little glow in the dark fuzz of a cloudy morning
A Bukowski grin a centimeter wider than your lip planned for

A lighter feeling in the chest
A few more grams lighter now
How a simple beer can turn the anguished soul
Into the boasting pretender of a conventional winner