right at the center
of a somewhat stormy europe
my little country
at times
with a touch of gallows humor
struggles to maintain
the venerable illusion
that Austria remains
as we have thought for centuries
an island of the blessed
amidst the brexit troubles
the growing voices of dull nationalists
masking as patriots
authoritarian visions
of „illiberal democracies“
even at home
heart-breaking fates of refugees
unwanted anywhere
spineless politicians
who change positions
according to the winds
of not so presidential twitters
follow deniers of the climate change
though they are sweating
through the highest temps
since measurements began
etc., etc.
sometimes we may be wise
remembering poetic words of yore
like those of dear John Donne:
„No man is an island“
Jun 29, 2019
Jun 29, 2019 at 3:51 PM UTC
right at the center
of a somewhat stormy europe
my little country
at times
with a touch of gallows humor
struggles to maintain
the venerable illusion
that Austria remains
as we have thought for centuries
an island of the blessed
amidst the brexit troubles
the growing voices of dull nationalists
masking as patriots
authoritarian visions
of „illiberal democracies“
even at home
heart-breaking fates of refugees
unwanted anywhere
spineless politicians
who change positions
according to the winds
of not so presidential twitters
follow deniers of the climate change
though they are sweating
through the highest temps
since measurements began
etc., etc.
sometimes we may be wise
remembering poetic words of yore
like those of dear John Donne:
„No man is an island“
