Paul Hartal Poems

The Messiah will come, says Kafka,
only when he is no longer necessary.

But others say he might arrive
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Curious about the hidden meaning
of his dream, the crocodile consulted
his friend, a rhinoceros, who was also
a trained dream interpreter.
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From the mountaintop
a marvelous scenery revealed itself.

Rainbow Slice's eyes swam in tears.
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It happened in the month of May
that the elephant fell in love
with a mosquito. And luckily enough
for him, the buzzing tiny insect
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In 1868 the famous Austrian musician
Johann Strauss II composed the "Tales
from the Vienna Woods", Opus 325,
one of his six ingratiating waltzes.
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His contemporaries called him "stupor mundi",
the astonishment of the world. Indeed, Frederick II
of Hohenstaufen (1194-1250) was an uncommon monarch.
This Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily and Germany,
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