Uber Nacht

a hansom barouche cabriolet

dandy lion wine

telly's gone off,
radio's still on (is that you, Wodehouse?)

sweet St. Basil snowglobe scene
        lions trot
        foxes roar
(the deuce you say!)

Lady Cottington's faeries
                            alive
       roam the blue
                         forests
               uber Nacht

Lily Langtry (nude) on a
       pedestal in a
           fountain in a
                       glen
 worshipped by men

Evelyn Nesbit weeps
    + i hold her hand
 (Stanny's grave is in an
                   ivory
                      tower)

+ Jeremy Bentham's Body
                     roams the
                             halls at the
                                U of L
                  uber Nacht


Music: 'Pictures of Lily' by The Who

DB/c1996, 2015