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The View From Here
In the interim between the two wars
Moses found a second set of Commandments
angels clashed with police
as the heavens flashed
poor Bonaparte held his chest
recorded the first heart attack
There is no record of indigestion
at the Last Supper
but Leonardo the left hander
refused to make his pigment perfect
we wait with bated breath
for the canvas to disintegrate
Said Mohamed to his driver
the one they called Ali
let us take a little Hegira
from
After we get our infidel shots
if reservations are still available To
the hosannas of his own Requiem
before the days of golden records
Mozart expired in a huff
only a handful of eccentrics attended
enough to give him a pauper's funeral
nothing was ever seen like it
until Elvis came along
Late in the eleventh century
just in time to turn into Englishmen
whatever happened to the Gaels and Celts
the Goths and the little Visigoths?
they just disappeared
without even a thank-you note
Then something funny happened
along the way
everybody turned into Blacks and Whites
and Oriental and Jews
and Christians and Moslems
and Yuppies and Punks
a wonderful time was had by all
Jack Mashman
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