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

VIII. Circles of Doors

14. Glimmer

LET down your braids of hair, lady.

Cross your legs and sit before the looking-glass

And gaze long on lines under your eyes.

Life writes; men dance.

And you know how men pay women.