Lippold wanted to create a memorial
Large enough to walk through
Like architecture, linear
Otherwise nonfunctional

Like a novel
Like the story of your life
Like Dahlberg's garden full of bucolic delights

So what did it mean
When Dahlberg changed his mind?
Sweet creeks and leaves
Serpentine trees and vines

Like a novel
A writer should dig out
The things that they would not admit to themselves

That's what Olsen said
A disillusioned student put it more simply
"There's not enough character here
And too much personality"