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To a Dead Man

by Carl Sandburg, 1916

Over the dead line we have called to you
 To come across with a word to us,
 Some beaten whisper of what happens
 Where you are over the dead line
 Deaf to our calls and voiceless.

 The flickering shadows have not answered
 Nor your lips sent a signal
 Whether love talks and roses grow
 And the sun breaks at morning
 Splattering the sea with crimson.

Published in Chicago Poems
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