HANS MAGNUS ENZENSBERGER


I met a friend of yours
at the Goethe institute
he was impressed
by my polyglot
prize of languages
in my questions
to the reader,
we notice
in the open air crowd
as we tear ourselves away
some deep faces
on the street
who meet outside
the library
for a break
who also celebrate Hans
for his satirical ventures
which wake us up
in the Sixties
the political inside us
all the volatile, lyrical
and poetical ways
which burn us both
in song and golden beer.