Mercury
Shining gold and gems and praise are
all you take, but
aren’t enough.
Objects are a man’s best friend but
not for long, the
grace wears off.
Merely an entitlement
from humans who cannot deliver
psychic vision through your eyes
and perfect wrapping on the giver,
offerings laid at your feet will
all be burned and
then forgot,
tainted in your view as if we
shift like you do.
We do not.