In the Middle of the Road 
    In the middle of the road there was a stone
    there was a stone in the middle of the road
    there was a stone
    in the middle of the road there was a stone.

    Never should I forget this event
    in the life of my fatigued retinas.
    Never should I forget that in the middle of the road
    there was a stone
    there was a stone in the middle of the road
    in the middle of the road there was a stone.

                          Elizabeth Bishop
                          Translation of Carlos Drummond de Andrade