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Clinton South of Polk

by Carl Sandburg, 1920

I wander down on Clinton street south of Polk
 And listen to the voices of Italian children quarreling.
 It is a cataract of coloratura
 And I could sleep to their musical threats and accusations.

Published in Smoke and Steel
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