The Press Conference
a descort
No outrage, just amused
(perhaps its because I can't stand the sound
of his voice)
It reminds me of a song by Robyn Hitchcock
“He's the president of Europe and he's talking to the dead /
They're the only ones who'll listen or believe a word he's said”
That, and Wenn ich Kultur hore
entsichere ich meinen Browning*
runs through my head as he testifies
(as in testifying about his faith, under oath
only to his God)
There ought to be a law against running the country
without a mandate to do so
(like say, the popular vote).
13 APR 2004
* Hanns Johst, a German playwright of the Nazi era, wrote “Wenn ich Kultur hore... entsichere ich meinen Browning” (When I hear the word “Culture”, I reach for my Browning (rifle)).
