SETTING DREAMS

In his rare idle moments Svevo,

Assistant to the God of Penn Station,

Has been setting the god’s dreams

To music. (The God of Penn Station

Never sleeps; Svevo dreams for him).

The ghosts who have been waiting

For the 7:43 B & O Express to Chicago

Since October 1, 1926 have begun

To sing some of the catchier tunes.

This unnerves the more sensitive

Nowaday trainmen and commuters.