Why are all Polish films

Set on or near railway lines

The level crossing keeper

Is a woman of tender years

She actually lives in the signal box

And keeps crown tails

In an illuminated fish tank

They are much admired

By passing drivers

Eight trains a day

Is the sum of her job

Maybe ten if festivals

Are active in the borderlands

She has a sweetheart in the army

They frequently write to each other

Each ending their long letters

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