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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUESTIONNAIRE, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Have I told any man to be a liar for my sake?
Last Line: Windows and the newspapers?
First Line: Have I told any man to be a liar for my sake?
Last Line: Windows and the newspapers?
HAVE I told any man to be a liar for my sake?
Have I sold ice to the poor in summer and coal to the poor in winter
for the sake of daughters who nursed brindle bull terriers and led
with a leash their dogs clothed in plaid wool jackets?
Have I given any man an earful too much of my talk -- or asked any man
to take a snootful of booze on my account?
Have I put wool in my own ears when men tried to tell me what was good
for me? Have I been a bum listener?
Have I taken dollars from the living and the unborn while I made
speeches on the retributions that shadow the heels of the dishonest?
Have I done any good under cover? Or have I always put it in the show
windows and the newspapers?
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