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JUNGHEIMER'S by CARL SANDBURG

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First Line: IN WESTERN FIELDS OF CORN AND NORTHERN TIMBER LANDS
Last Line: RIOTS.
Subject(s): BARS & BARTENDERS; PUBS; TAVERNS; SALOONS;

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,
And the painting of a woman half-dressed thrown reckless across a bed after a night of booze and
riots.



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