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WTC Against the best advice, We put up Babel twice: Twin towers of such forms As might be student dorms For robots—angles right And tolerances tight; Barred, perfect as a trap And for the flame to wrap. The end in Genesis Was different in this: Incomprehension came To halt the work, not maim. The last time, possibly, That language could rely On making some effect, If as an anti-act. Our tongues so long confused Must fail and be recused In face of terror. Base To summit, be its place 4 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. The Plain of Shinar, Main Street, Wall, the Tower vain If glorious is downed By envy; goes to ground With its automatons Unschooled as to response. 5 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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