SPEAK, sir, and be wise.
Speak choosing your words, sir, like an old woman over a bushel of apples.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Carl Sandburg's poem Basket

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  1. justin says:

    this is the best poem i have ever read. It reminds me of grapes and oranges in the summer dew.

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