Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PRAYERS OF STEEL, by CARL SANDBURG



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First Line: Lay me on an anvil, o god
Last Line: White stars.
Subject(s): Cities; Skyscrapers; Steel; Urban Life


LAY me on an anvil, O God.
Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.
Let me pry loose old walls.
Let me lift and loosen old foundations.

Lay me on an anvil, O God.
Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.
Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together.
Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders.
Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue nights into
white stars.






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