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Follies

 Shaken,
The blossoms of lilac,
 And shattered,
The atoms of purple.
Green dip the leaves, Darker the bark, Longer the shadows.
Sheer lines of poplar Shimmer with masses of silver And down in a garden old with years And broken walls of ruin and story, Roses rise with red rain-memories.
May! In the open world The sun comes and finds your face, Remembering all.

Poem by Carl Sandburg
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