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A Poem I Left In Austria

I wrote a poem years ago.
The content alludes me and its theme.

I recall It was written in Innsbruck Austria.
I was writing it while I ordered a dry martini;
they brought me the whole damn bottle
together with a huge bill!

I was young and trying hard to be sophisticated,
my German may have confused the wait-staff.
I paid up
then took the bottle back to the hotel.
Now I was left with no money left to eat
and I really loved the Vienna schnitzel.

The poem was not about all this at all,
I just remember I was very hungry
and the martini did not help.

Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2022

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Eric Ashford Date: 7/22/2022 12:42:00 PM Thanks L Milton, yea often youth tries too hard to be sophisticated, but at the time I was just green and needy! Login to Reply

L Milton Hankins Date: 7/22/2022 10:36:00 AM This is one very, very good poem, Eric. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I, too, have overspent on occasions to my own dismay. I suppose it's a common thing for young guys who are trying to impress, eh? Login to Reply