Wednesday, 23 May 2007

Berlin'd!!

Hello, this Eastern life,
Its quaint and historic nature
Graffiti on greying walls,
Getting lost in this caricature.

Berlin, in ze ageing skies,
Western marvels, a moment's lecture
Laidback bier in Alexanderplatz,
sunlight falls through, this broken architechture.

Peculiar hearts in southern towers,
Prussian delight in the wide lane,
An East side glimpse so acute,
And the wall that don't remain.

Souvenirs dotted along painted shops,
Neither want nor arbit seconds of fame,
Gartens soaked in late night sun,
A past never to reclaim.

Of hallowed points and secret spies,
Lemon trees dedicated to the unknown,
History, history everywhere,
A reich that stands all alone.

Reichstag to Sanssousi Park,
Chastening reminders of ye gory past,
East West Axis bred in foreign glass,
Burnt books now ironclad.

Lego like regions and random stoic,
As words used are forever inane,
I may not get the road back to Rome,
But I will surely be back here again.

Berlin'd

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