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Summer Stars

by Carl Sandburg, 1920

Bend low again, night of summer stars.
 So near you are, sky of summer stars,
 So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,
 Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
 So near you are, summer stars,
 So near, strumming, strumming,
   So lazy and hum-strumming.

Published in Smoke and Steel
Tags: night, summer

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