| Carl Sandburg (18781967). Smoke and Steel. 1922. |
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| X. Panels |
| 1. Panels |
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| THE WEST window is a panel of marching onions. | |
| Five new lilacs nod to the wind and fence boards. | |
| The rain dry fence boards, the stained knot holes, heliograph a peace. | |
| (How long ago the knee drifts here and a blizzard howling at the knot holes, whistling winter war drums?) | |
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