“Purple Martins” by Carl Sandburg
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
Be water birds, be air birds. Five fat geese Eat grass on a sod bank And never count your slinging ciphers, your sliding figure eights. Be water birds, be air birds. Twirl on, you and your satin blue. Be these purple tumblers you are. It is your wooded island here in Lincoln park. Be these purple tumblers you are.
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