I am stone and steel of your sleeping numbers; I remember a… - Carl Sandburg

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I am stone and steel of your sleeping numbers;
I remember all you forget.
I will die as many times
as you make me over again.

Carl Sandburg

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Carl August Sandburg (6 January 1878 –22 July 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist.

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I am stone and steel of your sleeping numbers; I remember all you forget. I will die as many times as you make me over again. - Carl Sandburg

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