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GARDEN WIRELESS by CARL SANDBURG

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First Line: HOW MANY FEET RAN WITH SUNLIGHT, WATER, AND RAIN
Last Line: LOVE ME -- LOVE ME NOW.
Subject(s): LOVE;
HOW many feet ran with sunlight, water, and air?

What little devils shaken of laughter, cramming their little ribs with
chuckles,

Fixed this lone red tulip, a woman's mouth of passion kisses, a nun's
mouth of sweet thinking, here topping a straight line of green, a
pillar stem?

Who hurled this bomb of red caresses? -- nodding balloon-film shooting
its wireless every fraction of a second these June days:
Love me before I die;
Love me -- love me now.




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