Sufficient

Poem by Dee Allen

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The way I see it
 
That little symbol
Seen everywhere now
Copies a move from a chamaeleon
 
Doing its best
Imitation of a
Clear morning sky,
 
Doing its best
Imitation of still
Swimming pool water.
 
That little geometric shape--
Four sharp corners--
A cube the prettiest hue the sea can be
 
Signifies taking a stand 
Against the rising tide
Wide and renewed
 
Against the people 
Who have Semitic blood,
Against the tongue that's Hebrew--