(for 30 Poems in November fundraiser)

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His mind overtaxed with formulas,

Jonas Salk retreated to Umbria.

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What clears the mind to see?

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Italian hillsides,

Gleaming stone walls,

The geometry of arches and courtyards,

The silence of a basilica.

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There Salk found what he came to find:

Inspiration, illumination,

The medical solution he’d struggled for.

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In the empty spaciousness of the monastery,

in the clear crisp air of Assisi,

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The end of polio began

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The Center for New Americans fundraiser

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