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Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922.

V. Mist Forms

37. Humming Bird Woman

WHY should I be wondering

How you would look in black velvet and yellow? in orange and green?

I who cannot remember whether it was a dash of blue

Or a whirr of red under your willow throat—

Why do I wonder how you would look in humming-bird feathers?