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BLACKLISTED by CARL SANDBURG

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHY SHALL I KEEP THE OLD NAME?
Last Line: NAME TO GO BY?
Subject(s): BLACKLISTS; LABOR & LABORERS; WORK; WORKERS;

Why shall I keep the old name?
What is a name anywhere anyway?
A name is a cheap thing all fathers and mothers leave each child:
A job is a job and I want to live, so
Why does God Almighty or anybody else care whether I take a new
name to go by?



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