Many things happen in life that may seem significant, but the final outcome becomes something less meaningful and it’s importance slowly dies out as time goes on. The poem Grass written by Carl Sandburg, touches on the results of different wars from the past and how ‘grass’ works to grow over and in a way erase the past. No matter the amount of damage that has been done, the grass eventually grows over it, so the damage can no longer be seen. Sandburg uses the examples of different wars that have occurred in history. He writes in perspective of the grass and says leave all of the dead bodies on the field because “I am the grass; I cover all(Sandburg).” Later in the poem he says “Two years, ten years, and the passengers ask the conductor: What