Assymetry Poem by gershon hepner

Asymmetrical above the knees
the hem looks sexier than when it’s straight.
What’s crooked has a tendency to please
the prowling tyger burning for a date.



William Safire writes about asymmetric warfare in The New York Times, October 21,2001 (“Asymmetry: The hot new lopsidedness in warmaking”) . It is defined as “countering an adversary’s strengths by focusing on its weaknesses, ” and is a term that was first used by Robert Fox of The Daily Telegraph, citing Lt. Col, Mike Vickery’s comparison of the attack of Iraq by the allies to Wellington’s campaign in Spain. Safire concludes:

Lopsidedness (from lop, “to sever”) is in fashion in fashion, too: “Only squares will be wearing straight hems next spring, ” writes Holy Finn in The Financial Times, “but fear not. Done well, an asymmetrical hem looks sexier.”

10/23/01