Square Talk

Dear George,
This past week the task for my poetry workshop was to write a "concrete poem".  A concrete poem is one in which the typeface creates a visual image of the poem's topic (e.g., a poem about a tree shaped like a tree).  Here is my effort.
Love,
Dave

                               Square Talk

Today we revisit the secret of happiness in life

It’s plagued our thinkers since the dawn of time

We seek beauty and harmony, an end to all strife

And whatever the answer we’ll record it in rhyme

The true key to happiness in one’s life is ORDER

And the most orderly object on earth is a square

To make a square you first start with its border

Draw four straight lines, first here, then there

It also is dandy                to insert a hole

Next to the core                or at the center

A squareish hole                is a proper goal

If you get stuck                contact a mentor

Unwashed critics                sometimes assert

That order’s not                wholly essential 

These vipers are                mentally unalert

We consider them                sadly tangential

There are ample ways to add squares to our lives

Carpets, tables, and quilts, just to offer a few

Some chappies take square walks with their wives

I met a ruffian at Graeters with a square tattoo

Know-it-alls may argue that circles are the best

But poets are inevitably smitten with the square

If you worry that I sound like a weirdo obsessed

Add a square to your life, say goodby to despair