My fractious neighbour
Though so restless
Connects to the skilled man
Living opposite
Who repairs the poet’s
Broken printer
Extracts a hinge and the
Poet offers them beers
Erwin does it for he’s a man
Constantly looking for any
Painting job
Doing all kinds of errands
Yet he dislikes wheeling the
Current rubbish bin to the
Main road uphill.
Arts and crafts man in his
Colourful outfits that suit
His hippie image
Yet lacking responsibilities
Just like Erwin.
All’s well even with the
Drug abusing couple
As long as somebody will help
With tasks for this strange
Community of social outcasts.
Now then the poet and artist
Loves his life of freedom
As good as he’s allowed to
Out the door from the bedsitter
Seeking nature’s gift in the
Serenity garden
Between the Danube’s portal
At the outskirts of Vienna
Nordic Walking around many
Natural trails
Building up the artist’s confidence
And his return to fitness.
Even Mrs IRA is astonished as
She invites him to coffee and cake
With some elderly ladies
Who lost their hubbies thirty years
Ago.
Coffee brewed by Oliveira and
Homemade apricot cake
Baked by Maria
On the terrace of the renovated
Schanigarten
Tranquility and low voiced talk
Mixed with sweet bird warble
Calls the two men for some
Wholesome minute’s sleep.
Only the artist longs for a walk
Thru’ the tall beech forest
Part of the Viennese Woods.
Early Friday morn’ Dr Wany
Will administer a tick-shot.
Off he’ll go now and soak up
The quaint environment nearby
Stamp his walking pass at the
Jägerwiese and collect the
Silver Walking trail needle at
The Rathaus in Vienna.
Only his spouse B wonders about
His changed attitude and thinks
He’s quite mad.
Walk.klaW
zoltanzelan
ZJG-POetry’18.
