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Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.

68. Goldwing Moth

A GOLDWING moth is between the scissors and the ink bottle on the desk.

Last night it flew hundreds of circles around a glass bulb and a flame wire.

The wings are a soft gold; it is the gold of illuminated initials in manuscripts of the medieval monks.