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INSCRIPTION FOR A DOOR-KNOCKER
ON TENTH STREET

THERE are some critics
(Said the Old Mandarin, sipping a petit verre)
Who remind me of a gong at a grade crossing
Clanging loudly and vainly
As the train roars by.