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…
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