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Who Am I?
by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

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My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things
  I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.

I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man
  at all signs reading "Keep Off."
My name is Truth and I am the most
  elusive captive in the universe.

Carl Sandburg

American poet, historian, novelist and folklorist, known as 'the singing bard.' Sandburg gave a voice to the "little man" and was a central figure in the "Chicago Renaissance."

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