| Carl Sandburg. 1878– |
| 78. Grass |
| PILE the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. | |
| Shovel them under and let me work— | |
| I am the grass; I cover all. | |
| And pile them high at Gettysburg | |
| And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. | 5 |
| Shovel them under and let me work. | |
| Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor: | |
| What place is this? | |
| Where are we now? | |
| I am the grass. | 10 |
| Let me work. |
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