A Fence
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
Now the stone house on the lake front is finished and the workmen are beginning the fence
The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that can stab the life out of any man who falls on them
As a fence, it is a masterpiece, and will shut off the rabble and all vagabonds and hungry men and all wandering children looking for a place to play
Passing through the bars and over the steel points will go nothing except Death and the Rain and Tomorrow
Carl Sandburg's A Fence
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