Windflower Leaf

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This flower is repeated
  out of old winds, out of
  old times.

  The wind repeats these, it
  must have these, over and
  over again.

  Oh, windflowers so fresh,
  Oh, beautiful leaves, here
  now again.

  The domes over
  fall to pieces.
  The stones under
  fall to pieces.
  Rain and ice
  wreck the works.
  The wind keeps, the windflowers
  keep, the leaves last,
  The wind young and strong lets
  these last longer than stones.

© Carl Sandburg