| Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922. |
| V. Mist Forms |
| 1. Calls |
| BECAUSE I have called to you | |
| as the flame flamingo calls, | |
| or the want of a spotted hawk | |
| is called— | |
| because in the dusk | 5 |
| the warblers shoot the running | |
| waters of short songs to the | |
| homecoming warblers— | |
| because | |
| the cry here is wing to wing | 10 |
| and song to song— | |
| I am waiting, | |
| waiting with the flame flamingo, | |
| the spotted hawk, the running water | |
| warbler— | 15 |
| waiting for you. |
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