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At The Summit of the Mountain
by Jerry Bolton

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Rated "PG" by the Author.
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I wrote this because of certain people I know who won't even attempt to climb the mountain.



that old mountain always seem
high
much too high to climb
specially with your eyes downcast
like a mutt
caught soiling the carpet
naw
you gotta be like a little gamecock
preening your feather
scratching the dirt before the fight
if you're cowed
a tiny gnat can knock you on your ass

that mountain
shit
ain't nothing
but something in the damn way
climb the fucker
get up there and look around
bitch-slap the bastard
don't snivel
or whine
pick up the biggest rock you can find
heave it as far as you can
and scream
that's the first salvo puny as it is
I'm in as ass-kicking mood

take that step
that first step
never look back
and
climb
that
mountain
sweat and groan and reach the top
look down
whup it out and
piss on those who said you couldn't

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Reviewed by Mark Lichterman 1/11/2012
Sometimes, Jerry, we just have to get up in the morning and do whatever the hell we know we must do, and sometimes the hours of the day and what we must face can seem as a mountain but then, doing what we know we must, somehow we do climb that tmountain... at least some of us do; the others "occupy".
Good poem, Jerry.
Mark
Reviewed by Vivian Dawson 1/10/2012
I can see your flag in the wind
at the summit *Jerry* I'm sure
that your poem got you there!!!

Lady Vivian
Reviewed by Suzie Palmer 1/10/2012
Love the attitude and spunk...... inspiring me even more to climb and conquer despite all the naysayers xox :-)
Reviewed by jude forese 1/10/2012
bet you needed a urinal the size of grand canyon once your got up there ...

very powerful ... its momentum keep me pressurized ..
Reviewed by Christine Tsen 1/10/2012
A cheeky charmer!
I think they have said it all below, but you made me :)
Reviewed by Kate Burnside 1/10/2012
... now THERE'S attitude, Jerry! May this conquering of Everest become the story of your Everafter... mountain-top to mountain-top; when you've beaten one, you've done them all - or at least inbuilt the mindset to be able to do so. Love this metaphor being used with such grit and non-prissiness... We romanticise our mountains too much instead of remonstrating with them, quite right. On point as always - and here's mud in yer eye! :)) xx
Reviewed by Patrick Granfors 1/10/2012
I've actually climbed a few mountains. Okay not with ropes and stuff but mountains nonetheless. As far as your inspirational speech goes, you needed to deliver to LSU at halftime last night. Patrick
Reviewed by Elisabeth Barstowe 1/10/2012
Mountaineering is the best sport! Nothing quite like it. And with one step at a time you'll always get there.
Reviewed by Kate Clifford 1/10/2012
Why did the chicken cross the road? Why not? :-) Even those that have climbed mountains need a kick sometimes :-) Its good we have an ass kicker here :-)
Reviewed by pat medlin 1/10/2012
yahooo...bring it on! i came from a family that kick-assed and crowed from the top of every 'mountain' placeded in front of them
Reviewed by Ronald Hull 1/10/2012
Sorry I put you in this mood. But not sorry you wrote this poem. Fortunately, I don't need any ass kicking to get up and on over that mountain and the next and the next. You're that kind of guy and so am I. Great idea. Hope it reaches you know who.

Ron
Reviewed by Richard King 1/10/2012
Fraid my mountain climbing days are all behind me, too many ailments.... too little ambition.... most of my climbing these days is up onto my couch, but I do admire your gumption.

Dick
Reviewed by Amber Moonstone 1/10/2012
Jerry, my, my, you are full of fire and brimstone! If this doesn't get people's attention then nothing will. I am going to climb that mountain but whupping it out and pissing on those who said you couldn't well that is a little too bold for me, instead I will scream and say "I did it", I did it and put my deepest intentions out to the Universe...Thanks for the pep talk this morning, I really needed it, I have been working like a mutt...lol

Peace, love and light,
Amber
Reviewed by Roger Wayne Eberle 1/10/2012
and I thought I was an old billy goat gruff! Gadzooks, Jer, this is a bracing encouragement indeed for 6am! Hilarious and craggy conclusion to one hell of an downtown east side up yours if you can't quite muster a nail-biting scale the oh what heights we'll hit you in your face with this visceral Everest-inducing, fear-of-heights hating diatribe. You go guy!
Reviewed by Janna Hill 1/10/2012
My first thought [while lauging] was to say "whoa Nellie" but let me not be that mutt. Instead I giddily gouge with a "gitty up."
:) Janna
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