“The men are coming, my dear!” and “Gunter from Cologne”

“The Men are coming, my dear!”

“Aw, what’s the sound I’m hearing dear?”

“It’s the rear wheel turning and turning

In the mud, my dear, we’re stuck!”

“Aw, what’s the other sound I’m hearing dear?”

“Only the men in the hunter’s hut, further on,

Drinking, laughing and singing my dear!”

“My God, they’re coming at us dear!”

“It’s midnight hunting, I guess; or maybe

Midnight fishing on the lake, close dear!”

“Why then haven’t they gotten out of the way, my dear?

They look so determined and callous, I’m afraid.”

“I guess it’s cold and wet, dear!”

“Then why are you shining your lanterns

In our car window, dear, does it make me nervous?

“Sure, let’s see who’s here!”

“Aw, what do you think they want dear?

They no longer laugh or sing…”

“I think they want you dear, I’m afraid!”

“Oh, where are you going in such a hurry, you

He promised to love and protect me dear…”

“No, no, just to love you, and I mean it sincerely!”

They’re breaking the car lock with a crowbar

And her moans that I can hear, are heavy! And them

Relentless faces, and their eyes are burning…!

Written on 31-10-2014/ No: 4585/ Note: this poem is mostly fictional, although it has its origins in three sources 1) a dear friend of mine (in the early 90’s), told me of a similar experience that had with her boyfriend, and she asked me for my opinion on the situation: he had left her stranded in a car, while walking out of the woods who knows, left her to defend herself. 2) In the 1980s, the second case, was when this guy was confronted by three young thugs, his car got stuck in the mud, and his girlfriend with them, and he didn’t leave. I will not reveal the results of these two cases, but the poem has roots. Anyway, 3) the third source, is in noticing that WH Auden wrote a similar, perhaps more complicated poem: “Oh, what is the sound…” 1936, which is similar; From then on, I took it upon myself to write “Men are coming.” My advice to young women, older women should know better, is: know who you’re dating: most men are cowards, and these days, there is little honor or chivalry in them. Not so different from the world in general, where once your word was sacred with a handshake, it can be broken very easily, without thinking of more than a drop of water.

Gunther of Cologne

(…or, Count Volkmar of Gretz)

Volmar de Gretz, may the soul rest in peace Amen.

He followed his brother-in-law Gunter from Cologne,

With sixteen thousand crusaders, to fight the infidels in Jerusalem!

In the spirit of doing the will of God, stop the holy places from

Jesus Christ of ruin.

He was influenced by his priest, Wenzel, too-

And not because of who he called ‘The False Pope’…

But along the way, through the German: Worms, Speyer, and even in the

Gates of Gretz, Gunter had all the Jews killed.

And all over Hungary and Bulgaria, the same thing, 30,000 of them!

Before Volkmar could put an end to this genocide!

A wild frenzy, Gunter’s ambition to rid the world of the Jew.

The one who goaded the Romans into doing their dirty work…

And now crossed the Golden Horn, between Europe and Asia

Just to fight the pagan Turk, and lost all but one battle,

And that only battle, it was against the Christians, a mistaken identity,

He had killed his own kind.

Now he had returned to Constantinople,

Where he met Volmar, who had been imprisoned by the Bulgarians

And held for ransom, now released…

With only seven, including himself of the once 16,000,

That he had crossed the straits, to fight in Jerusalem!

Therefore, where it never came.

And now all he could do when he spoke to Volmar,

It was ‘nervous giggle’ like a fool!

Somewhere along the line, he lost his sight, his vision his target, perhaps

His mind too: and he gave Germany a forever tainted soul…

31-10-2014/Number: 4584

Note: The poem refers to 1St. Crusade, 1099 AD. C., although these events took place a few years before, and Volmar died in 1124 d. C., those of Gunter Cologne interest me little.

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