Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.
12. Sunset From Omaha Hotel Window
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The red sun runners go
And the long sand changes
And to-day is a goner
And to-day is not worth haggling over.
The gloaming is bitter
As in Chicago
Or Kenosha.
To-day is a goner.
Time knocks in another brass nail.
Another yellow plunger shoots the dark.
Wheeling over Omaha
As in Chicago
Or Kenosha.
and all the talk is stars.
They circle in a dome over Nebraska.