Mask
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
Fling your red scarf faster and faster, dancer
It is summer and the sun loves a million green leaves, masses of green
Your red scarf flashes across them calling and a-calling
The silk and flare of it is a great soprano leading a chorus
Carried along in a rouse of voices reaching for the heart of the world
Your toes are singing to meet the song of your arms
Let the red scarf go swifter
Summer and the sun command you
Carl Sandburg's Mask
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