And they Obey
Carl Sandburg
1878 to 1967
Smash down the cities
Knock the walls to pieces
Break the factories and cathedrals, warehouses and homes
Into loose piles of stone and lumber and black burnt wood
You are the soldiers and we command you
Build up the cities.
Set up the walls again
Put together once more the factories and cathedrals, warehouses and homes
Into buildings for life and labor:
You are workmen and citizens all
We command you.
Carl Sandburg's And they Obey
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