Pope, Proto - Surrealist Poem by Douglas Scotney

Sixteen eight eight to seventeen four four
are the stuttering dates
of proto-Surrealist poet Pope
who rhymed present 'read'
with 'aching head'
and confused his audience
with a heed that aches.
Cachepots can be potcaches;
potheads do foolish things;
so, archaically, was said,
did cakes.

(As there's no 'Arbuthnot'
at the end of a line
in the body of
'An Epistle To Dr Arbuthnot',
we know not
if 'Arbuthnot'
rhymes with 'know'
or 'not'.)