Scales Waved Aloft

SCALES WAVED ALOFT

I wonder what
She ranks
As being
A poem
And what not

She waves aloft
Her dependable standard
As if drowning

A what-not, she decides
A tchotchke, she declares
Worthless, disposable, tacky
Und so wieter, und so wieter
Und so weiter, und so wieter

She waves aloft
Her dependable standard
As if drowning

Not that he
Has the slightest
Of intentions
Of writing to
Her (black and) white specifications

While love simply laughs