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Critics Under Statues
Beneath statues / of Civil War heros / On bronze horses...
Victory Near the Plaza
“Sherman Led by Victory” Is a St. Gaudens statue, A cast-bronze allegory. With Victory as a woman Pulling his horse’s bridle Out of a sculptor’s stable. Leading him off the pedestal Into a bronze fable. I...
An Old Radio in Atlantic City
It drew people to it like a fire, / The needle floating up and down its dial, / Fishing for the news. It was a horror house...
Nine Numbers
On card after card he sees it. / Along with a harsh identity photograph / And his preposterous signature...
