The old woman wondered at the entrance
About tom, that was long ago.
Suddenly, the crowd of people
With the ringing of the window opened.
Rustling of cards card.
Blackened dark door.
And the people, full of excitement,
We wanted to know, - what now?
And no one heard the bells -
Said some chatterbox.
And there, in the balcony lattice
Staggering and singing cast.
There cracked dark beams,
In the shattered glass.
And suddenly the face fortuneteller
Flowed - there was light.
But later learned the spell,
Seeing the terrible face,
Suffocated in the fire smoke,
Emitting a shrill cry.
On the ruins of collapsed buildings
Twisted red worm.
On an abandoned place of divination
Someone stood up - and dispelled flag.
13 February 1903
