Overwhelmed, Overdrawn and Over There
Three babies under three
Married to madness beginning to manifest
In a country where people
Have been bred for generations to be
Distant, Logical, and Blunt
Vowels that sound like home
But the meaning eludes me
Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof
Then came the letters from Dad
Office envelopes containing
The spiky backhand I know so well
The faint smell of English Leather
Delicious wit like Swiss cheese on pumpernickel
The lighthouse and the cortland tree
The quest for wild asparagus and pheasant
Paul and Mary getting serious
Your mother sends her love
Twenty bucks just in case
And always a comic strip from home
Far Side, Peanuts, Wizard of Id
Fifty--a hundred life-lines.
How is that I didn't save even one?
They saved me each week.