As with Everything

Phi, the Golden Ratio,
The meanest and the toughest
Of all the irrationals

To approximate, swaggered
In and out of written texts,
Mystical speculations,

Visual arts, actual
Architecture, and other,
Contested observables

For centuries and never
Has been brought low, even though
It’s lost some of its magic—

The problem is what it is
Can’t live up to what it means.