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Carl Sandburg | Jan 1878 – Jul 1967 | American

PILE the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work –
shim.gifI am the grass; I cover all.

And pile them high a Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
shim.gifWhat place is this?
shim.gifWhere are we now?

shim.gifI am the grass.
shim.gifLet me work