Bravo! Poem by Suchoon Mo

Bravo!
(after Bertolt Brecht)

holy whisky
sacred wine

for some reason or another
instead of going to an opera house
he went to a church

where a preacher intoned
where men howled
where women screamed

the messiah is coming
coming
coming

the end is coming
coming
coming

halleluja!  
hallejlua!
they all clapped their hands

bravo!
bravo!
he clapped his hands

they threw him out

holy whisky
sacred wine


- Runcible Spoon, November 2018 -