Rootabaga pigeons

by Carl Sandburg

6. Three Stories About Moonlight, Pigeons, Bees, Egypt, Jesse James, Spanish Onions, the Queen of the Cracked Heads, the King of the Paper Sacks.

People: Dippy the Wisp Slip Me Liz The Potato Face Blind Man Egypt Jesse James Spanish Onions The Queen of the Cracked Heads The King of the Paper Sacks The Queen of the Empty Hats Hot Balloons A Snoox A Gringo Sweetheart Dippies Nail-eating Rats Sooners Boomers More People: Cracked Heads Clock-eating Goats Baby Alligators Pink and Purple Peanuts Empty Hats Bats, Cats, Rats Rag Pickers, Rag Handlers Squirrels, Fish, Baboons, Black Cats A Steel Car, an Air Car Gophers