The Morning After
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
"Höre! Höre!
Höre!" (Erde in Rheingold)
of alarm clock
like a cold water shock
wakes up WOTAN with
a start
damning the unearthly hour
monumentally hungover he
wonders what he did the night before
(at this point readers
nod knowingly
sigh with compassion of bitter experience
you know what these gods are like)
to cut a long wet story short & dry
none of the sure-fire remedies he
tried
could cure his splitting head
he hadn't really learnt a thing
[Audio: 'Twilight of the Gods', Funeral Music]
now follow me across the
RAINBOW BRIDGE...