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| Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922. |
| III. Broken-Face Gargoyles |
| 5. Shirt |
| MY shirt is a token and symbol, | |
| more than a cover for sun and rain, | |
| my shirt is a signal, | |
| and a teller of souls. | |
| I can take off my shirt and tear it, | 5 |
| and so make a ripping razzly noise, | |
| and the people will say, | |
| “Look at him tear his shirt.” | |
| I can keep my shirt on. | |
| I can stick around and sing like a little bird | 10 |
| and look’em all in the eye and never be fazed. | |
| I can keep my shirt on. |
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