Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. - Carl Sandburg

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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

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About Carl Sandburg

Carl August Sandburg (6 January 1878 –22 July 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist.

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The worn tired stars say
you shall die early and die dirty.
The clean cold stars say
you shall die late and die clean.

The runaway stars say
you shall never die at all,
never at all.

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