Is a numeral

            With all the ethics of

            An exclamation point

 

            This, that, this, that,

            No, no, no, no, no, this,

            Maybe later, no, no, no, no –

            Ah, that fits!

 

            This holy integer

            Selects a piece

            That says as close to nothing

            Cleverly enough to look like

            Much much more

            And satisfies, thereby,

            That moral force behind the throne –

 

            A publisher