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

V. Mist Forms

31. How Much?

HOW much do you love me, a million bushels?

Oh, a lot more than that, Oh, a lot more.

And to-morrow maybe only half a bushel?

To-morrow maybe not even a half a bushel.

And is this your heart arithmetic?

This is the way the wind measures the weather.