Julian Tuwim
locomotive
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The locomotive's standing at the station
HUGE HEAVY It drips perspiration
oily l ub ric a tio
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It stands and wheezes, It GROANS and GNASHES
at h w H G R R R A
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e! r u t r o at
PHE W, wha ta sco rch er!
its b s: e h oiling s belly stuffed with hot a
NG! I F F U P ND A G N I T PAN
HISSING AND HUFFING!
t'
e
thi n
g
gasping, i ’ e ly s b a r br
a
ly
it's bare
And still its fireman more coal keeps on heaping.
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To it were coupled wagons of iron and steel
THEY WEIGHED A GREAT DEAL
MASSIVE AND HEAVY
And crowds of people In each one of these 4
And one's full of cows 5
another of
HORSIES 6
A third one with passengers,
EVERY. ONE. FAT.
Sitting and eating sausagey snacks.
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T he
h fort
w as
with packed
crates of bananas 8
The fifth one contained
Six l s o n a arge grand pi
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In the sixth
A LARGE CANNON, COR!
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EACH OF ITS WHEELS CHOCKED UP RIGHT PROPER!
R! E P P WHO A WHAT
The seventh, oaken wardrobes and chairs...
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The eighth
an elephant
Giraffe
and two bears
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The ninth, fattened pigs-
NO. SPARE. SPACES.
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The tenth full of
-trunks -baggage
and cases,
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Wagons like this- another forty remain,
Not what even I they could cont tell ain you
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But if a thousand strongmen gathered right here, and each one would eat a thousand burgers a year, and each one of them strained with all of his might,
THEY COULDN'T SHIFT THIS COLOSSAL
WEIGHT. 16
SUDDENLY-
-
WHISTLE! 17
SUDDENLY-
BUSTLE!! 18
STEAM! ERUPTION!
WHEELS- IN MOTION! 19
SLOWLY AT FIRST, LIKE A TORTOISE JUST WAKING STRAINS THE ENGINE, EVERY SINGLE JOINT ACHING.
L.
R
L
,
,
IT 20
NS R U T
AND
IT
NS R U T
E E H W
E AFT
E E H W
BUT IT JERKS AT THE WAGONS AND PULLS WITH GREAT ZEAL,
IT GATHERS MOMENTUM AND TAKES UP THE CHASE AS I T TH UNDE RS A ND H AMM ERS AND SPEE DS U P TH E PA CE.
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and where to? and where to? and where to?
straight on! r by
ail
, by rail, by b
ridge 22
now it's gone
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me gh ou
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DUM -bu DUM DUM -bu DUM UM DUM-buD
DUM!
it's rushing, it's rushing to bring on the goods, it's knocking out rythms like banging a drum
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IT'S GLIDING SO SMOOTHLY -NO EFFORT AT ALL, NO ENGINE OF STEEL,
JUST A LITTLE TOY BALL
NO MASSIVE MACHINE, ALL PANTING AND PUFFING 24
BUT A PLAYTHING OF TIN, THAT WEIGHS NEXT TO..
NOTHING
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IT
I
S
AND
WHAT
WHO
IS
S IT
IT, GIVE
AP USH
?
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FROM WHERE DOES IT, HOW DOES IT, WHY DOES IT RUSH?
IT'S STEAM PIPED FROM BOILER TO A PISTON THAT GLIDES
IT'S POW STEAM TRA ER TH 'S SC ALD IN M AT K OVIN EEP ING ST G. HE
THAT MAKES IT GO FASTER, ALL THRASHING AND HISSING?
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BACK AND FORTH PUSHING RODS THAT TURN WHEELS ON
BOTH
SIDES
THEY'RE STRIVING AND DRIVING , THE TRAIN KEEPS ON 28
BUMPING
‚CAUSE STEAM KEEPS THE PIS TONS A-PUMP ING AND PUMPING produ cting a rhy thm so pl DUM-b easin uDUM g to , DUM-b some uDUM :
DUM-b u DUM! DUM
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