Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922.
V. Mist Forms42. Pigeon
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Under a river bridge
Hunting a clean dry arch,
A corner for a sleep—
This flutters here in a woman’s hand.
A drunken poignant two lines of song,
Somebody looking clean into yesterday
And remembering, or looking clean into
To-morrow, and reading,—
This sings here as a woman’s sleep cry sings.
Fly on, sing on.