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Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.

30. Southern Pacific

HUNTINGTON sleeps in a house six feet long.

Huntington dreams of railroads he built and owned.

Huntington dreams of ten thousand men saying: Yes, sir.

Blithery sleeps in a house six feet long.

Blithery dreams of rails and ties he laid.

Blithery dreams of saying to Huntington: Yes, sir.

Huntington,

Blithery, sleep in houses six feet long.