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 ________________________________________________________________________ Emanuel E. García, The Virtues of Calamity, One Hundred Poems, 2013 |