My hat
was run over
by a trolley
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
i t.
Henry Parland (1908 – 1930) Finland (born in Russia)
Translated by Johannes Göransson
Source: Poetry Foundation: Poetry (September 2013)
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