A fellow in the room next door
Just dropped his dishes on the floor;
Two nurses, pausing in the hall,
Discuss profoundly last night’s brawl;
Some unselfish he or she
Shares a radio with me;
What was an earthquake is instead
Their wheeling by another bed.
Thru open windows, dogs do bark,
And neighbor’s kiddies loudly lark;
And from the kitchen, pots and pans
Tangle with the garbage cans.
This is a decent imitation,
Admit it, of Grand Central Station.
And everywhere throughout the riot
Hang signs that vainly plead for QUIET!!
by Ray Romine Wednesday, April 14, 1954