Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.
64. Monosyllabic
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Yesterday I loosed a snarl of words on a fool,
on a child.
To-day, let me be monosyllabic … a crony of old men
who wash sunlight in their fingers and
enjoy slow-pacing clocks.
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.
L
Yesterday I loosed a snarl of words on a fool,
on a child.
To-day, let me be monosyllabic … a crony of old men
who wash sunlight in their fingers and
enjoy slow-pacing clocks.