2 poems by Tom Mega:
 
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Geisterstadt (Ghost Town)
(see German original)
 
Yonder lies a ghost town
All the great ones live in there
Sometimes they talk, sometimes they're still
At night they booze for barbecue
 
Now and then I hear a song
Strange like the one 'bout Josephine –
Josephine!
 
How often I've knocked on the gate
Can't tell, I gave up counting
But the guy by the door just railed at me
All your rant is only bullshit
 
My tent here at the gate
'S got holes and holes and holes
Been sitting waiting here so long
For Josephine –
Josephine!
 
I'd like to live among them
I'd like to join them laughin'
Should I keep silent
That would be no problem
 
Just to be there, yeah
I'd like that alright