The Straight Are Tied Comments

This poem intrigues me. I've done an amount of planting/gardening in my day and this is a common practice. You tie crooked or drooping plants or saplings to their straight standing neighbors in order to correct them. As the poem says, sometimes the droopy crookedness, rather than being corrected, is imitated by the once straight counterpart. I'm all but certain this poem isn't about planting or gardening, but something more human. It's about corruption, and it's ability to spread. Very well written, and thought provoking