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Carl Sandburg
(1878–1967).
Smoke and Steel.
1922.
VII. Passports
7. Home Thoughts
T
HE SEA
rocks have a green moss.
The pine rocks have red berries.
I have memories of you.
Speak to me of how you miss me.
Tell me the hours go long and slow.
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Speak to me of the drag on your heart,
The iron drag of the long days.
I know hours empty as a beggar’s tin cup on a rainy day, empty as a soldier’s sleeve with an arm lost.
Speak to me …
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