Symbols change their meaning with
Shifts in common usage & understanding
For instance,
CAPITAL LETTERS: one hundred
Years ago, all caps probably meant
You were reading a telegram
Now it means either emphasis
Or shouting
Or you are a preliterate who can’t
Figure out the caps lock
Or, perhaps even
A POET looking for something
Visually arresting
(Besides, that is, the usual
array of swimsuit models he
Chooses as accompanying
Photos to his poetry)
Speaking of poetry,
It is possible that this poem
Has an intrinsic meaning
Veiled by its very lack of
Content
To wit:
That the author
Lost and devastated by the consequences
Of his own shortcomings
Real or perceived
Casts about wildly in an attempt
To avoid what’s really bothering him
But hey
Look at the picture…
Doesn’t she look beautiful?
