[lit-ideas] Re: SUNDAY POEM
- From: "Stan Spiegel" <writeforu2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:21:00 -0400
Erin -- silly girl -- would like this. Too bad she's not around to give a cheer
or two! Your German's over my head, you know. It was hard enough to learn what
"sitzfleisch" means, which I've already forgotten. So much for the value of
google.
Stan
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Geary
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 3:22 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] SUNDAY POEM
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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