Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SATURDAY IN VIENNA, 1920, by B. Z. NIDITCH



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SATURDAY IN VIENNA, 1920, by                    
First Line: No exit / or explanation
Subject(s): Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)


No exit
or explanation
no road map
somewhere in a cold flat
of a flophouse
a painter of sorts
messes around the city,
goes to have a beer.
Everyone plays up
to the sadist
even his mother.
He hurts his hand
on a dirty nail
and blames it on his enemies.
Someone says
he likes only
the power of his own revenge.
Curse him,
what future has he?
Who would give him
a moment's notice?
That nail will stay
in his hand all day.


http://www.unl.edu/schooner/psmain.htm
Prairie Schooner is a literary quarterly published since 1927 which
publishes original stories, poetry, essays, and reviews. Regularly cited in the
prize journals, the magazine is considered one of the most prestigious of the
campus-based literary journals.






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