Recently stumbled across this nice little #poem by probably the greatest #Italian children's writer, Gianni Rodari (translation below, by Matilda Colarossi). Written in 1960 in the collection "Filastrocche in cielo e in terra" (Nursery rhymes in Heaven and on Earth), still very relevant.

Il dittatore

Un punto piccoletto,
superbioso e iracondo
"dopo di me - gridava -
verrà la fine del mondo!"
Le parole protestarono:
"Ma che grilli hai pel capo?
Si crede un Punto-e-basta,
e non è che un Punto-e-a-capo".
Tutto solo a mezza pagina
lo piantarono in asso,
e il mondo continuò
una riga più in basso.

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The Dictator

A tiny dot,
irascible and arrogant.
"After me" he'd yell
"the world will end!"
The words protested:
"What bats has he got
in his belfry?
He thinks he's a Full-stop,
and is nothing but a New start."
All alone, midway down the page
they ditched him
and the world continued
on the very next line.