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Tru Vu 413  Tru Vu (b. 1931) The Statue of the Century I hammer the pain of separateness into a statue to stand in the park. Below it I carve a horizontal inscription that reads: Soul of the Twentieth Century. My statue spills no tears for it has none left to spend. My statue tells no stories for what’s the use of telling stories. My statue: the soul of the century with no halos above its head. My statue: the soul of the century with no phoenixes beneath its feet. My statue in fact is bare, naked, no banner in its hand. My statue casts its shadow aimless, everywhere, with stone eyes fixed on nothing. Nguyen Ngoc Bich and Robin Morgan, 1967 ...

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