Carl Sandburg Original typed manuscript signed carl lp 4to a poem possibly unpublished with corrections in his hand. Written during World War 11 the poem is dark and pessimistic, in part Out of the sky and out of nowhere sweet cylinders better known as ash cans, eggs to make ashes /Blockbusters falling on Berlin A pale moon keeping numbers on dead on mangled, on homeless land walls falling first, and the roof falling on the walls and the blitz returns recoils comes back On verso the poet writes in his hand: dear Batch Here is the outline of history you saw get written Carl Very good