The worries
Forget the worries
All the railroad stations cracked askew on the road
The telegraph wires on which they hang
The grimacing lampposts gesticulate and strangle them
The world expands elongates and retracts like an accordion tormented by a sadistic hand
In the shreds of the sky, locomotives in a fury
Flee
Blaise Cendrars; Trans-Siberian Express
(Translated by Ekaterina Likhtik)
Outside of Ankara the train was held up for two hours because of a derailment ahead, then some more because the dining car cook got into a fight with another man and the police had to come out to resolve the problem. These things happen. For an hour or so people wandered up and down the platform looking at their watches and grumbling, then they gave up, started talking and offering each other cigarettes. It was a study in social Darwinism for politicians who claim to know the public will. if you want the people to keep at each others' throats, keep them happy.
Forget the worries
All the railroad stations cracked askew on the road
The telegraph wires on which they hang
The grimacing lampposts gesticulate and strangle them
The world expands elongates and retracts like an accordion tormented by a sadistic hand
In the shreds of the sky, locomotives in a fury
Flee
Blaise Cendrars; Trans-Siberian Express
(Translated by Ekaterina Likhtik)
Outside of Ankara the train was held up for two hours because of a derailment ahead, then some more because the dining car cook got into a fight with another man and the police had to come out to resolve the problem. These things happen. For an hour or so people wandered up and down the platform looking at their watches and grumbling, then they gave up, started talking and offering each other cigarettes. It was a study in social Darwinism for politicians who claim to know the public will. if you want the people to keep at each others' throats, keep them happy.
