What Struck Christopher Columbus as His Steel Tow Caps Chipped the White Painted Steps Up to the Citadel?

Discover by christopher columbus is a collection of poems about discovering the world. Columbus writes that he saw history as layers of paint sedimentary, and underneath them all spread like a painless contagion stone. The poem was inspired by his time working in factories where workers wore steel tow caps for protection but also to fight violent youths.