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Judges, utility heads, newspapers, priests, lawyers,

They are all for Abe and the "malice to none" stuff.


I started for the door.

"Maybe you want a lighter pair,"

Came Mister Fischman's voice.

I opened the door...and the voice again:

"You are a funny customer."


Wrapped in battle flags,

Wrapped in the smoke of memories,

This is the place they brought him,

This is Abraham Lincoln*s home town.