Gales Interspersed By Hurricanes [revised] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Gales Interspersed By Hurricanes [revised]



In principle I approve of laughter, it is good for
the heart BUT an incessant cackle accompanied
by senseless hilarity rising and falling in scales
washing over the office with force of several
gales interspersed by hurricanes deforms the

Docile me into a wicked, murdering beast – can’t
wait escape tempests of the insane, takes refuge
with earphones and iPod, mellifluous voice of
Heino singing ‘Ade zur gute Nacht - das hat deine
Schönheit gemacht’ – this emotion expressed in

Soothing German means ‘Die Lustige Witwe’ will
create ambience & atmosphere to overcome the
inconsiderate noise of bored colleagues passing
another office day chortling incessantly…

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