Only the strongest of poems

I make a pact with no one
When I write a new poem
Only the strongest among them

I imagine stands the slightest chance of
Imposing itself on a reader's imagination
Like a contract of adhesion  

A phrase might stick here or there
Notwithstanding protestations
To the contrary yet even still 

Such words remain forever at risk
Of being invalidated or overturned
In good course by a court

Of higher opinion
Including my own