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Now can you see the monument It is of wood	A
built somewhat like a box No Built	B
like several boxes in descending sizes	C
one above the other	D
Each is turned half way round so that	E
its corners point toward the sides	F
of the one below and the angles alternate	G
Then on the topmost cube is set	H
a sort of fleur de lys of weathered wood	A
long petals of board pierced with odd holes	I
four sided stiff ecclesiastical	J
From it four thin warped poles spring out	K
slanted like fishing poles or flag poles	I
and from them jig saw work hangs down	L
four lines of vaguely whittled ornament	M
over the edges of the boxes	C
to the ground	N
The monument is one third set against	O
a sea two thirds against a sky	P
The view is geared	Q
that is the view's perspective	R
so low there is no far away	S
and we are far away within the view	T
A sea of narrow horizontal boards	U
lies out behind our lonely monument	M
its long grains alternating right and left	V
like floor boards spotted swarming still	W
and motionless A sky runs parallel	X
and it is palings coarser than the sea's	Y
splintery sunlight and long fibred clouds	Z
Why does the strange sea make no sound	N
Is it because we're far away	S
Where are we Are we in Asia Minor	D
or in Mongolia	A2
An ancient promontory	D
an ancient principality whose artist prince	B2
might have wanted to build a monument	M
to mark a tomb or boundary or make	C2
a melancholy or romantic scene of it	D2
But that queer sea looks made of wood	A
half shining like a driftwood sea	E2
And the sky looks wooden grained with cloud	F2
It's like a stage set it is all so flat	E
Those clouds are full of glistening splinters	E2
What is that	E
It is the monument	M
It's piled up boxes	E2
outlined with shoddy fret work half fallen off	G2
cracked and unpainted It looks old	H2
The strong sunlight the wind from the sea	E2
all the conditions of its existence	E2
may have flaked off the paint if ever it was painted	I2
and made it homelier than it was	E2
Why did you bring me here to see it	D2
A temple of crates in cramped and crated scenery	E2
what can it prove	J2
I am tired of breathing this eroded air	D
this dryness in which the monument is cracking	K2
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It is an artifact	L2
of wood Wood holds together better	D
than sea or cloud or and could by itself	M2
much better than real sea or sand or cloud	F2
It chose that way to grow and not to move	J2
The monument's an object yet those decorations	E2
carelessly nailed looking like nothing at all	N2
give it away as having life and wishing	K2
wanting to be a monument to cherish something	K2
The crudest scroll work says commemorate	O2
while once each day the light goes around it	D2
like a prowling animal	J
or the rain falls on it or the wind blows into it	D2
It may be solid may be hollow	P2
The bones of the artist prince may be inside	Q2
or far away on even drier soil	R2
But roughly but adequately it can shelter	D
what is within which after all	N2
cannot have been intended to be seen	S2
It is the beginning of a painting	K2
a piece of sculpture or poem or monument	M
and all of wood Watch it closely	E2

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