Box Tickers

Box tickers

downsize 

efficiency 

to a box

to a tick 

or a cross,

box tickers

have cost

us elections 

and policy 

by ticking 

and crossing

too hastily,

stringent 

box tickers

bother me 

with their 

surveys,

don’t 

they know

a box 

is a cube?

it would 

be rude 

to tell 

them so,

box tickers

know 

I won’t follow

their protocol,

they’re numb

to a scandal 

unable

to understand

the relevance

of a rectangle,

box tickers

know best

when they’ve

got the 

answers 

to the test,

ironically 

box tickers

reject

thinking

outside 

the box