29. Bilbea. (From tablet writing, Babylonian excavations of 4th millennium B.C.). Sandburg, Carl. 1918. Cornhuskers

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

29. Bilbea

(From tablet writing, Babylonian excavations of 4th millennium B.C.)


BILBEA, I was in Babylon on Saturday night.
I saw nothing of you anywhere.
I was at the old place and the other girls were there, but no Bilbea.

Have you gone to another house? or city?
Why don’t you write?	5
I was sorry. I walked home half-sick.

Tell me how it goes.
Send me some kind of a letter.
And take care of yourself.