Best Poem ever written

The #1, best poem ever written
friends, right here on your screen,
a paragon of poesy which means
your search for excellence is over.

The most-looked-at items in history
are those which, regardless (it seems)
of their intrinsic value, we pore over just
to see what others might be looking at.

It’s a self-fulfilling curiosity, it feeds
frantically off its own flesh; you can test
this without a degree in psychology, quite
simply, create an anthology of, say,250

perfect asses prefaced by:
‘The 250 most looked at butts in
the History of Buttology:
click here to record your vote.’

List them in any order you care,
it doesn't matter where or which
goes first, the worst if you want can go
up front as long as its labelled #1.

The first 25 asses will receive the most,
that’s a giveaway certainty, almost too lame
to demur, and I pardon the pun, with
the lesser-lights languishing in the rear.

You see, regardless of beauty, #1 to 25
will stay out front on curiosity alone.
If you’re seriously imbued with dispelling myths,
reverse the list for a not too dissimilar result.

Ah, too clever for you, I hear you complain,
why bother! What’s with this silly man?
Well, out of foppish curiosity you just read
the #1 best poem ever written – didn’t you…
© I.D. Carswell