Poem by Carl Sandburg

Beat, Old Heart

Beat, old heart, these are the old bars
All stragglers have beat against.
Beat on these bars like the old sea
Beats on the rocks and beaches.
Beat here like the old winter winds
Beat on the prairies and timbers.
Old grizzlies, eagles, buffalo,
Their paws and beaks register this.
Their hides and heads say it with scars.

1. Old-fashioned Requited Love
2. Baby Vamps
3. Arithmetic
4. Haunts
5. Subway

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