wˌɛn ˈaɪvən mˈeɪtʃək, ɐ tˈɪɾoʊˌɪst hˈɑːɹdlˈaɪnɚ, sˈɔː ðə dˈɛd kˈæt ɪnðə pˈoʊᵻm æz ɐ ɹˈɛfɹəns tə hɪmsˈɛlf ðə slˈoʊviːn wˈɜːd mˈeɪtʃək mˈiːnz kˈæt,  pɚspˈɛktɪv wʌz bˈænd ænd ʃˈælɐmˌʌn wʌz ɚɹˈɛstᵻd.
When Ivan Maček, a Titoist hard-liner, saw the dead cat in the poem as a reference to himself (the Slovene word maček means 'cat'),  Perspektive was banned and Šalamun was arrested.