Walking the hindrance route

Of County Offices in Vienna

A local specialty

Like Wiener Schnitzel

But less tasty

Yet a superb all-sense experience

If you’ll make it thru’ all places

At prescribed times

And thru’ all properly filled-in

Application forms.

Unavoidably irritating.

Repetitive data:

The great regurgitation

Time and again.

Stumbling blocks on the way

Of reaching ones goal

Pounding the well known

Granite cobblestones!

Relaxing at a pit-stop café

Opposite the grand dome

Of St Stephan.

The clap-clap of horse hooves

A pacifying sound.

Hanging on to basic philosophical

Thoughts about life.

‘You’ll need a two year period

Of living continually in Vienna

Before you may submit an

Official form for a residence-card

And choose a county office

Administered flat

Even offered on the free

Residential market.

FLAT.TALF

zoltanzelan

ZJG-POetry’19.