(the overhead railway in Berlin with a stop either side the Wall, one in the East, one the West, to be ridden with caution.)
I never took the S Bahn
you could end up on the other side
if you missed your stop and
unintentionally extended your ride.
There were so many stories
about the treatment you could get
when the train was searched
and you and the comrades met.
Every coach was checked
as they did their security round
with very little chance to sit quietly
and hope you wouldn’t be found.
The Stasi were the bogey men
the true inspirers of fear
always aware of the lure
of the west so enticingly near.
Escapees tried so many ways
lured by the call of democracy
ready to risk everything
for the chance of living free.
They said the beatings were severe
with not least the threatened hell
of unlimited hours confinement
in a dank and cheerless Stasi cell
and then the double jeopardy of
posted absent without leave
with the additions punishments
erring squaddies could receive.
No I never rode the S Bahn
that potential magnet to all
to try and sneak on board and
get to the Western side of the wall.
(THANK U Charlie Smith and Inspirers on PS) Senryu20200125
Du Bois said it's RACE
Jesus is the face of Grace
Grace can dis-G-race RACE
1. Spoons and forks, knifes and chopsticks
were invented by the lazy retards
who don't want to walk to the sink and wash their hands.
2. In solitude the soul burns brighter
to find someone or something
in the darkness driving crazy,
worth burning for in the flames of passion.
3. My heaven is the garden of flames;
red flames, blue flames, yellow flames,
a colourful courtyard,
there the beast within is awake,
raining havoc from the inside,
running wild roaring aloud,
there the words flow like flooded river,
never enough to quench the fires,
there the passion sparks the spirits high,
burning alive and living again.
you are welcome to visit,
beware, it is my garden of flames,
you can't be picking the flowers.
4. If you can annoy enough people around you,
cut the bonds those that hold with just single threads,
they just slow you down from being among,
others won't stop you,
from being
the inspirers, motivators, role models
for the next generations to come.
Trailblazers and bellwethers
who conduct with dignity
are these noble maestros
who shepherd people.
Honorable and selfless
luminaries are these bold
inspirers of confidence.
Captains of courage
who lead by example.
Directors who orchestrate,
motivate, excite and
spark others to follow.
Emanate role models
of noteworthy distinction.
These are leaders,
champions of the best
who are as rare
as they are great.
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