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