Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Kin
By Carl Sandburg
B
Surging under the ocean floor.
I shall never meet you, brother—
Not for years, anyhow;
Maybe thousands of years, brother.
Then I will warm you,
Hold you close, wrap you in circles,
Use you and change you—
Maybe thousands of years, brother.