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Subway

by Carl Sandburg, 1916

Down between the walls of shadow
 Where the iron laws insist,
   The hunger voices mock.

 The worn wayfaring men
 With the hunched and humble shoulders,
   Throw their laughter into toil.

Published in Chicago Poems
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