Gypsy
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
I asked a gypsy pal
To imitate an old image
And speak old wisdom
She drew in her chin,
Made her neck and head
The top piece of a Nile obelisk and said
Snatch off the gag from thy mouth, child,
And be free to keep silence
Tell no man anything for no man listens,
Yet hold thy lips ready to speak.
Carl Sandburg's Gypsy
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