The Connoisseur                                                


            His palate is renowned
 
            Not principally for establishing
            The provenance of grapes
            In place and time
 
            But for a talent to discriminate
            To points so fine
            That not one single vintage
            Ever satisfies
 
            As far as women are concerned
            However
            He pleads ignorance
 
            And thus is much more
            Easily delighted knowing
            They are much less dear to him 
            Than wine


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            Emanuel E. García, The Virtues of Calamity, One Hundred Poems2013