Florian Arleth - Lectures on Literature and Life (Prosagedicht)

Lectures on Literature and Life

My pen hits the paper

                       in Professor Leypoldt's lecture

                       on Post-War Literature

                                              and while listening

                                                                to words of famous poets

                                                                                                    I scribble down

                                                                                                    words

                                                                                                    of my own.

And I hear him quoting

                            angel headed hipsters

                            but I

                                    am a sad eyed student,

                                                    not able to keep eye contact

                                                                                  with the nice girl

                                                                                           in a row ahead,

                                                                   yet composing a story

                                                                                   that was to be read

                                                                                           in Creative Writing

                                                                                                the next day.

                                                                                                 With two glasses

                                                                                                                   of Sherry

                                                                                                                   and one

                                                                                                                          bottle

                                                                                                                                    of

                                                                                                                                       beer.