“Here and Now are needles which
Sew a pattern black as pitch,
Waiting for the rocket's light.”
"Imagination" in America Sings (1949)
Context: Miles above the Earth we know,
Fancy's rocket roars. Below,
Here and Now are needles which
Sew a pattern black as pitch,
Waiting for the rocket's light.
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“There was a larger pattern
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