Ben Paynter - Picasso

stood in front of Picasso’s La Vie
and hated him
for what he was
what he is
what he had been
because

every man wants more than
a beautiful woman
pocketfuls of money
to be remembered
like a hell fire sunset

so I dreamed of tearing it down
cutting it into little pieces
painting them black and
pasting them on the wall
with my name at the
bottom

I dreamt of terrible things
destructive things
things that would get me
remembered

but in the end I left it
because all that blue
all that deep darkness
made me feel
at home

Ben Paynter

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