Nemo, I don't see the poem as saying anything about the poem. It is a poem about self-reference, but it is not a self-referential poem. To me, a self-referential poem is one that refers to itself, not to N, or to N's taking N or N's poetry too seriously.
(Not that this should count against it, but I do agree with Michael that it feels like a well executed but safe and suburban poem.)
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