Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.

63. Upstairs

I TOO have a garret of old playthings.

I have tin soldiers with broken arms upstairs.

I have a wagon and the wheels gone upstairs.

I have guns and a drum, a jumping-jack and a magic lantern.

And dust is on them and I never look at them upstairs.

I too have a garret of old playthings.