On the Acropolis.(Poem) American Scholar | September 22, 2002| | COPYRIGHT 2002 Phi Beta Kappa Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

 
On the Acropolis 
 
   It doesn't seem as though we could die up here, does it? 
   The Acropolis is so old that death on it seems superfluous. 
   So we can afford to take some chances-- 
   Leap off the wall! Bash statues with our heads! 
 
   God smiles down at the Acropolis. It's a good church 
   But with the wrong idea. Then he is distracted by his children 
   Scattered among the chambers of the sea. 
 
   Old friends, I am thinking of you still. 
   You built the Acropolis but you didn't build it for me. 
 
   The Acropolis has a uniform 
   That no schoolboy can wear because ...

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