As I walked to Kendall Square   And crossed the river basin there   The Charles was black, the sky was blue   The view was old, the bridge was new   And past the flow's constricted mouth   Commercial lines flowed mostly south   Or east across a boundless sea   Where rising soon, the star would be   The tides are moved by sun and moon   The spring will last from March to June   The red line train will pass behind   As long as bridge joins stream and sky   And from that point where i did stand   I wondered at the works of man   I wondered how this walk began   Til red line train came round again   But it's not the time to ossify   It's not the end of wondering why   It's not in your faith or your apostasy   It's not the end of history   As I can take, so i could give   If I could shop where I could live   As I can read, so I'd write books   If I could eat where I could cook   Where talkers have a place to meet   Where walkers walk along the street   And subways travel paths well hid   But ferries take you off the grid   And it's not the time to ossify   It's not the end of wondering why   It's not in your faith or your apostasy   It's not the end of... predicatble waves of historicity   Nostalgia for gas-lit time I'll never see   Futurians manifest, internationalists   Connected are the promenades and waterways   The living waves of harbor nights and city days   And where is the builder?   Was there something missed?   Hidden in the plans to the bridge that started this?   But it's not the time to ossify   It's not the end of wondering why   It's not in your faith or your apostasy   It's not the end of history   As I walked on to Founders' Square   And crossed the river basin there,   The Passaic was grey, the sky was blue   The bridge was old, the view was new   And from that point where I did stand   I wondered at the builder's plan   I wondered how this walk will end   Til path train came around again   But it's not the time to ossify   It's not the end of wondering why   It's not in your faith or your apostasy   It's not the end of history