A Sphinx
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
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Close-mouthed
you sat five thousand years
never let out a whisper
Processions came by,
marchers,
asking questions
you answered with gray
never blinking,
shut lips never talking
Not one croak of anything
you know
come
from your cat crouch of ages
am one of those who know all you know
and I keep my questions:
I know the answers hold.