| Carl Sandburg (18781967). Smoke and Steel. 1922. |
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| 4. Potomac Town in February |
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| THE BRIDGE says: Come across, try me; see how good I am. | |
| The big rock in the river says: Look at me; learn how to stand up. | |
| The white water says: I go on; around, under, over, I go on. | |
| A kneeling, scraggly pine says: I am here yet; they nearly got me last year. | |
| A sliver of moon slides by on a high wind calling: I know why; Ill see you to-morrow; Ill tell you everything to-morrow. | 5 |
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