REMEMBRANCE for a great man is this.
The newsies are pitching pennies.
And on the copper disk is the man’s face.
Dead lover of boys, what do you ask for now?
In a Back Alley
Analysis, meaning and summary of Carl Sandburg's poem In a Back Alley
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