the priests whose god is money

pablo picasso, au bon marche, 1913

he was not an astronaut someone will say

and he never traveled to the moons of jupiter

or to Aalpha centauri so his poems are weak

look at them limping there across the page

and he did not score the touchdown 

                    to win the game

or visit machu picchu or pray at mecca

so what good are these poor poems

these poem…