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Slabs of the Sunburnt West
WASHINGTON MONUMENT BY NIGHT
1
The stone goes straight.
A lean swimmer dives into night sky,
Into half-moon mist.
2
Two trees are coal black.
This is a great white ghost between.
It is cool to look at.
Strong men, strong women, come here.
3
Eight years is a long time
To be fighting all the time.
4
The republic is a dream.
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
5
The wind bit hard at Valley Forge one Christmas.
Soldiers tied rags on their feet.
