[lit-ideas] SUNDAY POEM

  • From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 14:22:56 -0500

  TWO CHEERS FOR GERMAN BEERS
                               OR
                     AUS MY HOUSE
                               OR
WHISTLE LIKE A MISSILE FOR A FREE BEER



Erin is in Berlin -- let the fun begin!
No more schlepping
through die stinklangweilig English Straussen 
Now she's goose-steeping 
herrlichkeitly 
down Schopenhauerstrasse,
yassuh, 
Wenn die Katze 
aus dem Haus ist,
tanzen die Mause.

Silly girl.
If only she knew how to whistle 
like a V2 missle
she could drink for free
in any London bar 
scarffing down the beers
of those who knew the war
who, remembering the fears,
dive for safety under tables.
Shoot, she could taste all the labels.

********

Everybody's going out and having fun.
Here I am, staying home and having none.
Mike Geary


 

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