There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends,
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
The images of smokestacks and industry evoke the adult world of work and responsibility, which in both a literal and figurative sense pollutes the simpler world of childhood. 

Where the Sidewalk Ends