Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.
41. Jabberers
I
You rise out of your depths with your language.
Alike only as a yellow cat and a green parrot are alike,
Fling their staccato tantalizations
Into a wildcat jabber
Over a gossamer web of unanswerables.
Even the hundredth silence,
Is better than no silence at all
(Maybe this is a jabber too—are we at it again, you and I?)
You rise out of your depths with your language.