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By Tom Meek (2006)

 

 

 

A sliver of Boston sky, angular and sharp

Clouds hang dreamily in your eternal ponderous blue

Echo of the past, holder of now

Bright prognosticator

 

Old Trinity caught and rendered

Glints of morning sun refract off your sleek edifice and tag passing planes

Protuberant and spare, your coy aloofness beacons far and wide

Thompson Isle, Noanet Peak and hills, Belmont and Blue

 

But all was not always so glorious

Your indelible signature, once cursed like the home team

When chatoyant offspring peevishly leapt from your breast

Crashing down on Clarendon and Stuart

And the unbridled sways, like a drunken wayward soul, cast peril and doubt

 

Weighty decisions were made and your reputation restored

Passerbys can again fix their hair in your coruscating eyes

While workers inside linger, bemused by the shameless mugging

 

And so, on you stand, stalwart and true

A marvel of modern engineering

Reflection of us all

 

 

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