The students measured strips and Computed tensile strength of each piece They coded and made marks, within reach On a rainy day, Fuller and his students Gathered in the grass to build a geodesic dome Elaine de Kooning was in that class
It did not rise, was no soufflé It was too delicate too terse Too much process and not enough verse
Failure is part of invention Invention comes from years of tension On a rainy day, it neared completion magic heeds infinite consummate attention.
