blocks of dark banded gneiss
girdling in a jagged spiral
rising above the statue
absorbing sunlight
could be one of the plans he was waiting for others to lead

blocks of dark banded gneiss
girdling in a jagged spiral
rising above the statue
absorbing sunlight
could be one of the plans he was waiting for others to lead
a boatswains pipe called
to make sail and take them in again.
four horses pulled it in step
on front of the parading crews,
then the tiny federalist sailed.
to warmest expressions of ingenuity