LET me be monosyllabic to-day, O Lord.
Yesterday I loosed a snarl of words on a fool,
on a child.
To-day, let me be monosyllabic . a crony of old men
who wash sunlight in their fingers and
enjoy slow-pacing clocks.
(Carl Sandburg)
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