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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STREAMLINERA: SKYSCRAPER-ELEVATOR, by PAULINE JONES BURNS
First Line: A great metallic bird in sudden flight
Last Line: He snatches up a few remaining crumbs.
Subject(s): Elevators; Skyscrapers
First Line: A great metallic bird in sudden flight
Last Line: He snatches up a few remaining crumbs.
Subject(s): Elevators; Skyscrapers
A great metallic bird in sudden flight,
Is clearing endless levels to reach a tower
Of block and stone. He perches there to sight
A luring bit of prey he could devour --
Then swooping down he soars triumphant, comes
Again, and whizzing by with latent power,
He snatches up a few remaining crumbs.
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