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JOY by CARL SANDBURG

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET A JOY KEEP YOU
Last Line: KEEP AWAY FROM THE LITTLE DEATHS.
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; JOY; DELIGHT;
LET a joy keep you.
Reach out your hands
And take it when it runs by,
As the Apache dancer
Clutches his woman.
I have seen them
Live long and laugh loud,
Sent on singing, singing,
Smashed to the heart
Under the ribs
With a terrible love.
Joy always,
Joy everywhere --
Let joy kill you!
Keep away from the little deaths.



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