The Danube was moody that night
- stormy and loud and rowdy
like a happy old drunk

we walked side by side
and counted the stars
exploding in the sky

we were young
and we were new
and the air felt like fireworks

I wore a frilly skirt
and a silly smile

you wore your dinner jacket
with your grown-up tie

and we danced to the music
across the ripple river

while Belgrade woke up
all around us
with whispers and sighs

chocolate manufactures
all over the world
are about to launch
a new product
called
chocolate mega plus
to transport this bar of chocolate
you'll need a double decker bus
it's a once in a lifetime
purchase
that you'll have to make
because there is a lasting quality
to the size of this bar of chocolate
cocoa and sugar
treats are so nice
and this product
is guaranteed
to satisfy
your chocolate vice

thunder rolls
across the sky
the ensuing storm
is nigh
closer and closer
the rumbling tempest
doth come
thence the clouds
open to exude the moisture
from their swollen drums
squalling winds accompany
the storm as it presents here
tree branches bow
to the wind's westerly veer
a multitude of drops
fall upon
the soil crust dry
we're grateful
that storm came on by

in a state of decomposition
our flesh shall lie
the frames of our bones
shall remain
as relics
of an ago time
our bones
shall e'er tell
of our lineage's span

on our gravestones
two dates shall be seen
one
of life's commencement
one
of death's perpetual rest
our memories
shall be refreshed
as we read
these post scripts
in cemeteries