Another St. Louis scene. Well, E. St. Louis technically. Pops has posted about this statue on the Arch viewing platform across the river before, check it out at his blog.
"HOG Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders"
-from Chicago, by Carl Sandburg
FOOD Cooker for the World, Cool Faker, Hacker of the Deep, Flayer of Stale Modes and the Patient Late Ambler; Corny, lanky, trawling, Andy of the Medium Shoulders.
1 comment:
Malcolm seems very patriotic but that wasn't his motivation. He was interested in St. Louis. The big flag was an afterthought.
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