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The Candid Verse at Bartholdi’s Wharf

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A male Liberty. Statue of Liberty Poem art by Skendong

Bartholdi’s Wharf

They call it Libertas, a copper crown,
A gift of friendship from a foreign shore.
Bartholdi cast his brother here?
To forge a myth we could not ignore.

The torch is lifted to the heavy skies,
A stern, metallic face that keeps the law.
Behind the cold light of her eyes,
Candid lines stare at his angular jaw.

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