This is a poem by the Korean modernist Yi Sang
from Crow's Eye View, poem number one.
"13 children rush down the street.
A dead-end alley will make an appropriate street.
I'm afraid, says the first child.
I'm afraid, says the second child.
I'm afraid, says the third child.
I'm afraid, says the fourth child.
I'm afraid, says the fifth child.
I'm afraid, says the sixth child.
I'm afraid, says the seventh child.
I'm afraid, says the eighth child.
I'm afraid, says the ninth child.
I'm afraid, says the 10th child.
I'm afraid, says the 11th child.
I'm afraid, says the 12th child.
I'm afraid, says the 13th child.
The 13 children were a gathering of frightened
children and fearful children.
It is all the better to have no other circumstances.
It is fine if one of the children is a frightened child.
It is fine if two of the children
are frightened children.
It is fine if two of the children are fearful children.
It is fine if one of the children is a fearful child.
An alley which goes through will also
make an appropriate street.
It is fine if the 13 children do not rush down the street."