blackbirdonline journalFall 2009  Vol. 8  No. 2
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GERALD STERN

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                                                                                                The building
                              also has a flag—it has a flagpole,
                              and could have had a flag, it could have been
                              Americano, could it have been Cubisto?
                              or Cubanisto? could it have been Norweego?
                              why was there just one flag when after all
                              it was a house for every nation it was
                              a house of prayer for every people—or all, it
                              measured 90 feet by 30 feet, a
                              perfect rectangle although it was small,
                              (we should say is) a better size for a house
                              than for a house of prayer.
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