38. A Coin. Sandburg, Carl. 1916. Chicago Poems

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Chicago Poems. 1916.

38. A Coin


YOUR western heads here cast on money,
You are the two that fade away together,
Partners in the mist.

Lunging buffalo shoulder,
Lean Indian face,	5
We who come after where you are gone
Salute your forms on the new nickel.

You are
To us:
The past.	10

Runners
On the prairie:
Good-by.