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DocuSign Envelope ID: DED368CC-D87F-4704-8F64-B8F2DB10EE93 <br /> "Columbus Fountain," unpublished (in draft) <br /> Columbus Fountain,Washington, D.C. <br /> In his 1912 monument to Christopher Columbus, <br /> Lorado Zadoc Taft put a heaven-facing angel <br /> between an icon for the Old World and an American <br /> Indian. Like Columbus, they stand above pools <br /> where water once flowed,where the homeless now sleep. <br /> Columbus stands in front of II:ion Station, his back <br /> to the terminal as though he's heralding the masses. <br /> In these last hundred years, has he had time to reflect? <br /> He's still standing above an Indian who's crouching on his knees. <br /> There's paralysis in white marble and the marble grew stained. <br /> And that angel,with her eyes closed—hovers! Now, <br /> with whiter coming and its windy sting upon my cheeks, <br /> there's the almost-whisper of Christopher Colum*us. <br /> He says he feels Lorado's marks in his hand-chiseled clothes, <br /> and regrets the darkened stains that are growing from his feet <br /> IC B.You g 10 <br />