Read this excerpt from "homework."

[i’d] rinse down the acid rain over the parthenon & sphinx, drain the sludge

out of the mediterranean basin & make it azure again,

put some blueing back into the sky over the rhine. .

what is the author’s connection to the social and political issues of his day?
he hopes to restore fading monuments.
he longs to clean-up the world’s pollution.
he wants to paint pictures of natural wonders.
he aspires to travel to foreign landmarks