i am <br />dismayed <br />when i <br />hear people <br />bragging <br />about having <br />been to <br />a beautiful <br />place <br /> <br />as if <br />they had <br />become <br />more beautiful <br />because of <br />it <br /> <br />for if <br />such transference <br />were possible <br />it would <br />go in <br />the opposite <br />direction <br /> <br />not that <br />they had <br />become <br />more beautiful <br />for having <br />gone to <br />the place <br /> <br />but that <br />the place <br />had become <br />uglier while <br />they were <br />there<br /><br />Shaun Shane<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/12-bragging-beautiful/
