the best poets <br />might never <br />have lived at all <br /> <br />they are on <br />the money's trail <br />sealed <br />their yearning <br />like a treasure chest <br /> <br />the best poets <br />might be a <br />suffering corpse <br />a soul locked <br />in a prison <br />with gold that <br />never buys his <br />innate pleasure <br /> <br />money blinds <br />money can lead <br />a person to his grave <br />mentally, with heart <br />and soul thrown in<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poem-about-poetry-the-best-poets/