Carl Sandburg(1878–1967)

Grass

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz1 and Waterloo.

Shovel them under and let me work—-

I am the grass; I cover all.

And pile them high at Gettysburg

And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.

Shovel them under and let me work—-

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:

What place is this

Where are we now

I am the grass.

Let me work.