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Fish Crier

by Carl Sandburg, 1916

I know a Jew fish crier down on Maxwell Street with a voice like a north wind blowing over corn stubble in January.
 He dangles herring before prospective customers evincing a joy identical with that of Pavlowa dancing.
 His face is that of a man terribly glad to be selling fish, terribly glad that God made fish, and customers to whom he may call his wares, from a pushcart.

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