79 GOOD NIGHT
By Carl Sandburg
Many ways to say good night．
Fireworks at a pier on the Fourth of July
spell it with red wheels and yellow spokes．
They fizz in the air，touch the water and quit．
Rockets make a trajectory of gold-and-blue
and then go out．
Railroad trains at night spell with a smokestack
mushrooming a white pillar．
Steamboats turn a curve in the Mississippi crying a
baritone that crosses lowland cottonfields to
razorback hill．
It is easy to spell good night．
Many ways to spell good night．
