Famous Spittoons Poems by Famous Poets

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Jungheimers

...t me, a saloon with a soul,
 The soft red lights, the long curving bar,
 The leather seats and dim corners,
 Tall brass spittoons, a ****** cutting ham,
And the painting of a woman half-dressed thrown reckless
 across a bed after a night of booze and riots....Read more of this...
by Sandburg, Carl


The Everlasting Mercy

...in place. 
Miss Bourne stood white and searched my face. 
When Silas done, with ends of tunes 
He 'gan a gathering the spittoons, 
His wife primmed lips and took the till. 
Miss Bourne stood still and I stood still. 
Miss Bourne stood still and I stood still, 
And "Tick. Slow. Tick. Slow" went the clock. 
She said, "He waits until you knock." 
She turned at that and went out swift, 
Si grinned and winked, his missus sniffed.

I heard her clang the Lion door, 
I marked a drin...Read more of this...
by Masefield, John

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