i told him…
works offered
by ‘collectors’ looking
to make a buck
off another’s art
isn’t a game
i can support…
if the dollars were going
into the artist’s
tattered pockets
i would pay
dearly
for the honor
priviledge
and wonder
of holding
these treasures
in hand
allowing art
to fill and consume
those parts of me
that crave it
leaving me hungry
and begging
for morsel
after morsel
of these wordy masterpieces…