| Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Chicago Poems. 1916. |
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| 8. Halsted Street Car |
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| COME you, cartoonists, | |
| Hang on a strap with me here | |
| At seven o’clock in the morning | |
| On a Halsted street car. | |
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| Take your pencils | 5 |
| And draw these faces. | |
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| Try with your pencils for these crooked faces, | |
| That pig-sticker in one corner—his mouth— | |
| That overall factory girl—her loose cheeks. | |
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| Find for your pencils | 10 |
| A way to mark your memory | |
| Of tired empty faces. | |
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| After their night’s sleep, | |
| In the moist dawn | |
| And cool daybreak, | 15 |
| Faces | |
| Tired of wishes, | |
| Empty of dreams. | |
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