It will not be enough to build cities,
stories high and climbing,
streets like a gutter
where puddled people gather

It will not be enough to cure disease
watch mothers and grandmothers
smooth as marble
cut the century cake

It will not be enough to write novels
word heavy pages
every literati and nobody
can't wait to alphabetize in canon

It will not be enough
It will never be enough
until all the world
after seeing what I have done
presses palms to their second hand
and lays down to wait.