"Oblako v shtanakh" ("A Cloud in Trousers") by Vladimir Mayakovsky is a seminal work of Russian Futurism, written between 1914 and 1915, that serves as a passionate, four-part manifesto against traditional poetic, societal, and religious norms. The poem combines raw emotion, urban slang, and a "stepped" line format to explore themes of personal heartbreak, anti-bourgeois sentiment, and political revolution.