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Carl Sandburg (1878–1967).  Smoke and Steel. 1922.
  
X. Panels
8. Five Cent Balloons
  
PIETRO has twenty red and blue balloons on a string.
They flutter and dance pulling Pietro’s arm.
A nickel apiece is what they sell for.
  
Wishing children tag Pietro’s heels.
  
He sells out and goes the streets alone.        5

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