Picasso in Black and White is at the Guggenheim
Humanity exposed transformed transcended
Ascends a single helix as potent nucleotides
Each with its own secret, achieve apoapsis
With a Kiss (1969) and then slowly I descend.

Walking south on Fifth Avenue
Past the Met and to the Frick
Yellows, blues, and rusty reds
Each leap from the street
Yet Picasso said color is weak.