A room with low windows, with brown shades, br Where a Danzig clock keeps silent in the corner; br A low leather sofa; and right above it br The sculpted heads of two smiling devils; br And a copper pan shows its gleaming paunch. br br On the wall a painting that depicts winter. br A crowd of people skate on ice br Between the trees, smoke comes from a chimney, br And crows fly in an overcast sky. br br Nearby a second clock. A bird sits inside. br It pops out squawking and calls three times. br And it has barely finished its third and last call br When mother ladles out soup from a hot tureen.