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

never again he vows

(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

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