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You see me as the elevator boy, But the actuality of my position is ephemeral; In a year I shall receive a degree in medicine And go. Meanwhile I study the colossal symbol of a human being In this pile of masonry That sanctions the ugly In ornament, in smiles, in sex. I hear a human anger in my signal bell. The shaft down which the elevator slides Is the spine to keep the system together; And the corridors are nerves that link each room As heart and brain that strive in secret. Am I responsible to have said it? Or responsible only so far as I have seen the scheme unfairly? Abnormal and abortive matter Tighten the leash on truth. To deceive is to establish an enemy— Which brings me to the theme That scars and shadows Jevons Block.