(But how his arms and legs are thin!) <br /> <br />That is not what they meant at all <br />at least I don't think so <br />they're not malicious exactly <br />perhaps a bit meretricious <br />at times with their coy evasions <br /> <br />(But how the lamplight gleams!) <br /> <br />You think you know exactly what they mean <br />sometimes I think you do <br />they posture and primp <br />uttering veiled allusions <br />about things they can't put a name to <br />or won't because it might embarrass <br /> <br />(But how shabby his jacket is!) <br /> <br />Could you tell me what this poem means <br />by reading the title alone <br />without examining the verses <br />that followed? <br /> <br />(But how absurd his argument is!)<br /><br />Michael Pruchnicki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-his-hair-is-growing-thin/
