Destroyers (1928)

 Grandfather and grandfathers uncle stand looking at the harbor. " Look there" says grandfather " you see a torpedo boat.," next to it, a torpedo boat Destroyer 

 Next to it the torpedo boat Destroyer is a Destroyer of Torpedo boat Destroyers.,"

Grandfathers uncle says " I've heard my grandfather's uncle say every echo has a destroyer and for every echo destroyer there is a Destroyer of echo destroyers." 

Grandfathers uncle: I member hearing

Grandfathers uncle saying every Destroyer carries a pocket of eggs and the eggs wait, when they're ready they go blooey and the works of the destroyer blows up."

They stand looking at the harbor, grandfather and a grey old whiskered monochromic sea-dog and grandfathers uncle, a grey old whiskered monochromic land lubber.

"Columbus" was only a little dago, a ginny, a wop, and he changed the shape of the earth. Before Columbus came the shape of Earth was square and flat and he made it round and round in the heads of men."

"Yes," he was bugs, he was Looney, he saw things in a pigs eye, he had rats in his Garret, bats in his belfry, there was a screw loose in him, he was a crank, he was nuts and belonged in a booby hatch.

The two old grand old monochromic men, sea dog and land lubber laughed, laughed, laughed in each other's sea green, land grey eyes. 

Carl Sandburg 

Good morning, America 

1928