Being German
Descendent we are
forefather’d as we are
(not all obviously),
from the Germanic tribes.
Around the year zero
we emerged out of those dark primordial
winter forests,
fully formed and tribal.
Not to get too historical, however.
The fun part is
we get to choose which one of these
we want to be,
choose imaginary friends and foes
so let’s see -
Saxons
Angles
Jutes
Friesians
Franks
Hermione’s
Churusi
Suebi
Marcomanni
Alemanni
Lombards
Goths
Vandals
Burgundians
Herull
Finns
and Skandza.
Trouble is, all too often
it Just sucks to be German.
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