The shadow knows – foto by Smith
Gypsy
by Carl Sandburg, 1900
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, 1878-1967
Shadow song – foto by Smith