Fair

The foot of the giant goddess

balances on North America, the ball

smothers Chicago. Toes of the other

skim the Atlantic. Mother

Nature's enemy.

1935, the World's Fair. A Century

of Progress means Industry, means

Technology. Arms reach up

and out, say Look. Voila.

Hooray!

A plane heads for her hip.

Beams of light project

from skyscrapers. Shades of gold

and gray and turqiouse

drown out brown, green.

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