They Ran Him Over Poem by Bruno Jasieński

- Nickelodeon -
A freckled maid in a white polka-dot shirt.
Someone slender, with a vengeance.
- Will you come?… - "I can't…"
Hop!
Cars. Platforms. Cabs.
A rolling filmstrip
Grumbling across the stretch of dried asphalt.
- Wait… - "No, no, don't ask, I could give in…"

Ding! Ding!!
A red tram pulls out of the alley.
One. Two.
They pass each other at a distance.
The ominous song of polished rails…
A small man in a drab coat…
Crrrrrash!!!
Stopppp!!
Brakes!
Ahhhhhhhhh!!
They ran him over! They ran him over!!