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Elizabeth Bishop - View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress
Work rating: Low

Moving from left to left, the light
 is heavy on the Dome, and coarse.
 One small lunette turns it aside
 and blankly stares off to the side
 like a big white old wall-eyed horse.

 On the east steps the Air Force Band
 in uniforms of Air Force blue
 is playing hard and loud, but - queer -
 the music doesn`t quite come through.

 It comes in snatches, dim then keen,
 then mute, and yet there is no breeze.
 The giant trees stand in between.
 I think the trees must intervene,

 catching the music in their leaves
 like gold-dust, till each big leaf sags.
 Unceasingly the little flags
 feed their limp stripes into the air,
 and the band`s efforts vanish there.

 Great shades, edge over,
 give the music room.
 The gathered brasses want to bo
 boom - boom.
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