by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)

Clark Street Bridge
Language: English 
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.

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-17
Line count: 19
Word count: 73