122. Jungheimer's. Sandburg, Carl. 1916. Chicago Poems

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Chicago Poems. 1916.

122. Jungheimer’s


IN western fields of corn and northern timber lands,
They talk about me, a saloon with a soul,
The soft red lights, the long curving bar,
The leather seats and dim corners,
Tall brass spittoons, a nigger cutting ham,	5
And the painting of a woman half-dressed thrown reckless across a bed after a night of booze and riots.