I KNEW a real man once, says Agatha in the splendor of a shagbark hickory tree.
Did a man touch his lips to Agatha? Did a man hold her in his arms? Did a man only look at her and pass by?
Agatha, far past forty in a splendor of remembrance, says, I knew a real man once.
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written byCarl Sandburg
© Carl Sandburg