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Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922.

V. Mist Forms

48. Shagbark Hickory

IN the moonlight under a shag-bark hickory tree

Watching the yellow shadows melt in hoof-pools,

Listening to the yes and the no of a woman’s hands,

I kept my guess why the night was glad.

The night was lit with a woman’s eyes.

The night was crossed with a woman’s hands,

The night kept humming an undersong.