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GIRL IN A CAGE by CARL SANDBURG

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First Line: HERE IN A CAGE THE DOLLARS COME DOWN
Last Line: A FLAME OF SILK AT THE THROAT.
Subject(s): MONEY;
HERE in a cage the dollars come down.
To the click of a tube the dollars tumble.
And out of a mouth the dollars run.

I finger the dollars,
Paper and silver,
Thousands a day.

Some days it's fun
to finger the dollars.
Some days...
the dollars keep on
in a sob or a whisper:
A flame of rose in the hair,
A flame of silk at the throat.




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