Heeding what others claim to know may just end up as our owned woe

Cognoscenti
with their acumen
twenty-twenty
us to illumine

Daze & frazzle us, and how
to the extent we allow

How come they know what’s what
that hangs on the wall
whether it’s art or smut
better than us all?

Heeding what others claim to know
may just end up as our owned woe