VARIATIONS on In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound

I.
The ammunition of these guns in the war;
Corpses on a bleak, red earth.


II.
The appreciation of these buns in the oven;
Wieners on a warm, soft dough.

III.
The plummeting of these yellow leaves from the tree;
Blades on a dusty, brown ground.

IV.
The blooming of these petals in the foliage;
Faces on the soft, green grass.