Grimaces I
My hat
was run over
by a trolley yesterday.
This morning
my coat took a walk
to some place
far away.
This afternoon
my shoes
happened to get assassinated.
—I’m still here?
that’s just
it.
Date: 1929 (original in Swedish); 2013 (translation in English)
By: Henry Parland (1908-1930)
Translated by: Johannes Göranson (19??- )
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