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Carl Sandburg (1878–1967).  Smoke and Steel. 1922.
  
X. Panels
7. Thin Strips
  
IN a jeweler’s shop I saw a man beating
out thin sheets of gold. I heard a woman
laugh many years ago.
  
Under a peach tree I saw petals scattered
.. torn strips of a bride’s dress. I heard        5
a woman laugh many years ago.

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