Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven  

Bremerhaven, 1957 was a stunned town
Illegal bars and whorehouses for the many sailors
Who brought material to re- built the town 
It was a summer and in bombed out neighbourhoods
There as accordion music
And patriotic songs from the war were sung 
I was so young back then, and the whores spoilt me rotten 
So many ships coming in they were busy and
Then there was the American base to service, but even
Then, at my tender age, I could not stop thinking
How efficient the Germans were they had lost but were
Strangely happy re- building the lost years, the war
Had cleaned their souls.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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