Happiness

By Carl Sandburg

I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell

    me what is happiness.

And I went to famous executives who boss the work of

    thousands of men.

They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though

    I was trying to fool with them

And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along

    the Desplaines river

And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with

    their women and children and a keg of beer and an

    accordion.