The Morning After

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG

"Höre! Höre! Höre!" (Erde in Rheingold)

 

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like a cold water shock

wakes up WOTAN with a start

damning the unearthly hour

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monumentally hungover he

wonders what he did the night before

 

never again he vows

 

(at this point readers

nod knowingly

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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

 

 

 

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River Rhine?

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now follow me across the RAINBOW BRIDGE...