A Sphinx

Carl Sandburg

1878 to 1967

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

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