Flashback Caruso

I didn't know
That a German wrote that song
It makes sense, the funny English
The poetry, the fatalism, the existential hope
All of 20th century Europe
Distilled into three short verses

In retrospect, it was obvious
That it wasn't written by anyone
From San Francisco
But still
She brought it home
She sounded less tentative
More grounded, dreamier

March 8, 2007