

The CharmerThe CharmerThe Charmer
Augustus Ugo Had frequented Hamburg’s most Sought after parties For years.
One day He decided never again
To leave His house Without an enormous Horse mask
On his head.
After several Dreadful invitations He was doomed To an obscure loneliness.
Twenty years later A water buffalo Escaped from the zoo And crashed into
The house
Of socialite
Inga Helmut.
As the women Screamed and the
Men brushed glass of
Their blazers
A


The OwlThe OwlThe Owl
One afternoon grave I came upon an owl Arranging rodent bones Beside a puddle.
“I shall tell your future with these bones.”
Said the bird. Pausing to taste the air.
“You will eat many delicious meals. Full of mice and voles.”
“Is that all?”
“On your final day you shall be impaled on a rotting tree.”
“Is it not natural for owls to sleep during the day?”
“I make no preparations for death.”
With these words he flew off to a forest so black,
I would die if I dared to enter it.
For I hav


Lovers of MusicLovers of MusicLovers of Music
A singing bear traveled The Hungarian countryside Several decades ago.
A factory worker
Who stuttered when he spoke Slaughtered a pig for the occasion Of the bear singing in his courtyard.
It was a beautiful aria And the new roses of the season
swooned to the sublime notes.
The following morning the worker’s wife Found him hanged in the pantry
amongst the preserved beets.
His handwriting read:
“This life has peaked and fallen But do not cry, we shall meet again, In the lonely, glimm