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Clark Street Bridge

Carl Sandburg

Dust of the feet
And dust of the wheels,
Wagons and people going,
All day feet and wheels.

Now…
…Only stars and mist
A lonely policeman,
Two cabaret dancers,
Stars and mist again,
No more feet or wheels,
No more dust and wagons.

     Voices of dollars
     And drops of blood
     . . . . .
     Voices of broken hearts,
     …Voices singing, singing,
     …Silver voices, singing,
     Softer than the stars,
     Softer than the mist.
Online text © 1998-2009 Poetry X. All rights reserved.
From Chicago Poems | Henry Holt & Company, 1916
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