| Carl Sandburg (18781967). Cornhuskers. 1918. |
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| 35. Sixteen Months |
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| ON the lips of the child Janet float changing dreams. | |
| It is a thin spiral of blue smoke, | |
| A morning campfire at a mountain lake. | |
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| On the lips of the child Janet, | |
| Wisps of haze on ten miles of corn, | 5 |
| Young light blue calls to young light gold of morning. | |
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