> quandary

if I found myself in a quandary

with a Charlie Chaplin mustache
in a burning bunker, with friends
like Eva Braun, dead or poisoned
inside

if the Allies were banging and bombing
at the door, seriously upset 
I might reconsider my options 
maybe panic and ask to be
redeemed

seek a savior to forgive and forget
wash my hands, let me carry on
as if those bad things never happened 

someone to take on my sins

but then

how could I hang with non-Aryan folk
in a heaven with those less divine
soar on the wings as the fuhrer 
maybe run into some upset Jews
oh, Christ!

-dp-
4-25-16