24. Fire-Logs. Sandburg, Carl. 1918. Cornhuskers

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.

24. Fire-Logs


NANCY HANKS dreams by the fire;
Dreams, and the logs sputter,
And the yellow tongues climb.
Red lines lick their way in flickers.
Oh, sputter, logs.	5
Oh, dream, Nancy.
Time now for a beautiful child.
Time now for a tall man to come.