LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL

After D.C.’s Reflecting Pool gets repainted, visitors ask: “What changed?” NPR National & Local, June 5, 2026

In D.C., there’s a giant pool– reflects

our monuments to George and Abraham.

At sunrise and at sunset, there’s a jam

of tourists taking screen-shots, sent with text

to friends worldwide. Trump finds fault—paints its floor

a 15-million-dollar shade of blue.

He brags nonstop about the splendid hue.

Within a day, there’s change he can’t ignore.

The flag blue pool has turned to Kermit green.

Green algae, waiting in the water pipes

bloom big. It’s what they do. To keep it clean,

peroxide’s added.  No help.  Hear the gripes

when taxpayers count costs for this sad scene

of waste and ego, cloaked in stars and stripes. 

Copyright 6/2026                Patricia Doyne