Mag
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Every day cash for beans and prunes
Always and always long as the sun and the rain lasts anywhere
I wish the kids had never come
I wish to God I never saw you, Mag
For you to get married in the day we ran off to a minister
And a grocery man calling for cash,
And rent and coal and clothes to pay for
I wish to God the kids had never come
I wish you never quit your job and came along with me
I wish we never bought a license and a white dress
Yes, I'm wishing now you lived somewhere away from here
And told him we would love each other and take care of each other
I wish to God I never saw you, Mag
And I was a bum on the bumpers a thousand miles away dead broke