and she turns her back on the lost and the dead and the trampled down , she leaves them to their airy graves , and she and the big man next to her look upward at heaven and find there not just gates and angels but other wonders too , like airplanes that go faster than sound and statues taller than any man and waterfalls taller than any statue and buildings taller than any waterfall and stories taller still that reach up and hook you by the britches on the cusp of the moon , where you can look and see the earth whole , and you can see how silly and precious a little marble it really is after all .