| Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918. |
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| 7. Falltime |
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| GOLD of a ripe oat straw, gold of a southwest moon, | |
| Canada thistle blue and flimmering larkspur blue, | |
| Tomatoes shining in the October sun with red hearts, | |
| Shining five and six in a row on a wooden fence, | |
| Why do you keep wishes on your faces all day long, | 5 |
| Wishes like women with half-forgotten lovers going to new cities? | |
| What is there for you in the birds, the birds, the birds, crying down on the north wind in September, acres of birds spotting the air going south? | |
| Is there something finished? And some new beginning on the way? | |
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