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Turtle Island Poem Number Four
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20 Turtle Island Poem Number Four I was in Washington DC By accident, looking at Yves Klein Blue sponges Blue Arman Rose sponges Blue rain Blue powder Blue prints of women, why? Why the Washington monument? Washington DC like Pago Pago somehow but an African American city It was a hundred degrees today The pool in front of the Capitol empty I was disappointed in Titian At the National Gallery And then not I was not disappointed in El Greco And then I was Tonight I missed my connecting flight And ended up in Arlington Texas I met a cowboy A horse trainer With a handlebar moustache I can’t seem to spell moustache right I had to talk like him for him to understand me Yes sir I sure did In a couple hours the sky will shine Yves Klein blue On this big white bed ...