Oct. 5, 2025

"Fog" by Carl Sandburg

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Transcript

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

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"Fog" by Carl Sandburg. The fog comes on little cat feet.

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It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.

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"Fog" by Carl Sandburg.

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