SPIES

Spies with leaden eyes
at Checkpoint Charlie
in their new suits and ties
with files of the Stasi
it's all papered lies,
Fritz's father was a Nazi
wears a red or brown shirt
to such a German
colors or politics
does not matter,
only power,
knock it off ,Fritz
you are still in the spritz
of your beer
warring like an Assyrian
even in your underwear
hating to be thought queer
not gay but happy
a descendant
of the last Reich
dressed so snappy,
your father
was always pissed
a war time scientist
toured the death camps
as a loner,
with his V2
raised up in his pockets
always had a boner,
willing to strike anywhere
in a blitzgrieg's dare
like mercenary Hessians
against the Americans
in crazy off your rocket
missions to save
your German pride,
asking for a Kaisar's crown
not to make concessions
to other nations
as the wall fell down
both father and son died.