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“Fire-Logs” by Carl Sandburg 🇺🇸 (6 Jan 187822 Jul 1967)
Nancy Hanks dreams by the fire;
Dreams, and the logs sputter,
And the yellow tongues climb.
Red lines lick their way in flickers.
Oh, sputter, logs. Oh, dream, Nancy.
Time now for a beautiful child.
Time now for a tall man to come.