69. Loin Cloth. Sandburg, Carl. 1918. Cornhuskers

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

69. Loin Cloth


BODY of Jesus taken down from the cross
Carved in ivory by a lover of Christ,
It is a child’s handful you are here,
The breadth of a man’s finger,
And this ivory loin cloth	5
Speaks an interspersal in the day’s work,
The carver’s prayer and whim
And Christ-love.