And even now she beats her head against the bars in the sam… - Carl Sandburg

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And even now she beats her head against the bars in the same old way and wonders if there is a bigger place the railroads run to from Chicago where maybe there is
romance
and big things
and real dreams
that never go smash.

Carl Sandburg

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

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In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning

I am stone and steel of your sleeping numbers;
I remember all you forget.
I will die as many times
as you make me over again.

Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots.

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