He goes his way through Roosevelt Street

At night and morn, nor turns his head

When past him comes the sound of feet—

Of ghostly feet that long ago

In life had made his pulses beat.

For, mark you, both are dead, and so

Small wonder is it nought should pass

Betwixt them in the street, I trow.

Yet still they move with that huge mass

Of life unpurposeful that reaps