Good Night

Carl Sandburg

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Many ways to say good night.

Fireworks at a pier on the Fourth of July
spell it with red wheels and yellow spokes.
They fizz in the air, touch the water and quit.
Rockets make a trajectory of gold-and-blue
and then go out.

Railroad trains at night spell with a smokestack mushrooming a white pillar.

Steamboats turn a curve in the Mississippi crying a baritone that crosses lowland cottonfields to razorback hill.

It is easy to spell good night.
Many ways to spell good night.

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Comments1
  • roberthelms1186

    Not my cup of tea, imagery's decent but overall kinda bland. Just doesn't click for me, y'know? 😕🤷‍♂️