Repetition is a form of change! Since this was my Eno task's saying, what better task to restore in a repeated yet different way? Also, I had only managed to fit the first two parts of T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland" onto the strip of paper previously, so this was a chance to put the rest of poem up onto the same location.

Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song,
Sweet Thames, run softly, for I speak not loud or long.

Since I pretty much ran all the selected markers dry with this task the first time, I had to alter the flower pattern from roses to asters. This time, the strip was an extra couple meters long, so approximately 45 meters of flowers and poetry. Having learned from experience, this time I rigged up a tape and art dispensing necklace device, and used extra tape to try to minimize wind damage.

I Tiresias, old man with wrinkled dugs
Perceived the scene, and foretold the rest -
I too awaited the expected guest.

While I was installing the poem, a man stopped and said that he was glad to meet me, because he'd seen the first version of this task and really liked it. We talked a little about SF0, and he told me that he'd seen another public art installation around Davis Square consisting of many keys attached to random places, with a cryptic phrase on each key. I was thrilled to have met a sort-of-fan.

He who was living is now dead
We who were living are now dying
With a little patience

I went by the site about twice a day for three days, watching the paper yellow in the sun. The new taping scheme worked, and very few pieces blew off in the wind. On day four, there was a lot of rain which washed off most the marker ink, and I took down the installation.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract

It seemed like repeating this sort of public art actually attracted more attention the second time. It seemed like more people were stopping for a look. It was really encouraging to see people reading the poem, and made me want to do this on other occasions.

Shantih shantih shantih