Knowing the little alien in my head was filled <br />with discontent went to French class prepared <br />full well with a treat for it, Offenbach played on <br />an earphone in only the left ear <br /> <br />Heavenly music accompanied Christophe <br />discussing Greece and its woes, a lack of <br />working tax system, no economic acumen, <br />credit obtained on false pretexts <br /> <br />Music filling the large, empty spaces opening <br />in my head; taking copious notes with Olympia* <br />singing vocal Olympics on my left, the right side <br />following a stentorious lecture on NATO <br /> <br />Its origin and members, the Euro and Schengen, <br />Italy, Berlusconi – Italians are so much better at <br />opera than politics – Swiss discipline – they are <br />not romantic at all, to their credit <br /> <br />All runs like clockwork, Swiss life resembles a <br />regulated spell in hell, Lady Jane Digby ran from <br />the life of a Hausfrau, abandoning kids rather <br />than stay in the land of Wilhelm Tell <br /> <br />Benelux, OTAN, Monténégro, reasons why La Turqui <br />cannot join the UE if La Serbie is a member also – what <br />fun, how nice - Clic-clac, cric-crac, voilà Klein-Zack! – <br />the little alien in my head heard on the left <br /> <br />Followed every word said as the choir sang lustily, <br />keeping brain waves on an even keel, creating <br />inner peace on which the French class flowed like <br />a gurgling stream….<br /><br />Margaret Alice Second<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gurgling-stream-revised/
