Or the eclecticism of The Big Orange
But we endure
not through attitude or activism
but Midwestern determination
tempered by blasting cold
fostered by humidity
We the city of Broad Shoulders
We proud Chicagoans
take one step and then another
quiet, purposeful, unflinching
armed with humor
fortified by kindness
despair not in our lexicon
the wind took it long ago
the wind took it long ago
there is only persistence, hunger, and hope-
A resilience yet untapped.
We've endured two hundred years
and we'll endure two hundred more.
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