#102 - laughing at Nazis

11.4.20

102

laughing at Nazis

their funny big boots

and ouch, never fit

but kick the cripple

kick the poof

old castles for torture

and death has this taste

the orchestra, valkyries all overblown

they have their bombs and scientists

mostly Nazis are not so bright

fall over themselves to salute

‘Heil’ here and there, the little corporal

picture in a pantomime

they’d like to be a force of nature

borrow the gods not for hire

see them pawing over borders

oops, set fire to the map

they are superstitious

just say ‘gypsy’, just say ‘jew’

they’re Hollywood

all foreign flustered

let’s have a look at their paraphernalia

they bite off more than can chew

but blitz it

mustn’t mention Russia

kick a door down, well hello

iron fist in iron glove

robot voice, filthy thinking

share the blue eyed sunshine

generous to fault

others are the whom-they-hate

why? because they are

don’t say Stalin, FDR

let’s sing ‘Watch on the Rhine’

dance helmets dizzy with tomorrow

top myself so the Nazis clean up

and never learned a thing

see them hanging in the public square

they hanged the others there

so comical – wry grimaces

where irony was lost

last of their fuel – they

end up setting fire to themselves

but haven’t you had these thoughts sometimes?

crush the insect with one blow! …but miss

do you think it was us in the mirror back there?

has to be good for a laugh