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2021 Oktoberfest cancelled, thus babel of voices not heard

2021 Oktoberfest cancelled, thus babel of voices not heard

Ordinarily approximately sixteen days
of barley, hops and malt brew
to ale any even those who cannot chew
the cud subsequently most foods I eschew
courtesy maxiofacial malady
or lack of teeth perhaps even a few
that goot yanked out

after misshapen choppers grew
from uncommon body sites,
and I declare constituted hue
man dental dilemma –
somewhat dire oral issue,
yet now tis time to party
and imbibe whether gentile or Jew

in this 210th anniversary,
sans revelry nobody knew
boot beer brouhaha
actually named from German locale loo
cull hamlet that now sports
more’n 6 million stein ways that moo
after getting punch drunk

to rejoice at German reunification
October 3, 1990, hence new
reasonable rhyme referred
to occasion as unity day
held in an area Theresienwiese – phew
what a mouthful field, or meadow,
of Therese), where carousers queue.

Often called Wiesn for short,
located near Munich's center to gorge
on a wide variety of traditional food such
as Hendl (chicken), Schweinebraten (roast pork),
Schweinshaxe (grilled ham hock),
Steckerlfisch (grilled fish on a stick),
Würstl (sausages) along with Brezeln (Pretzel),

Knödel (potato or bread dumplings),
Käsespätzle (cheese noodles),
Reiberdatschi (potato pancakes),
Sauerkraut or Rotkohl/Blaukraut (red cabbage)
along with such Bavarian delicacies as Obatzda
(a spiced cheese-butter spread)
and Weisswurst (a white sausage).
 

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Tony Taylor

WOW!! MATTHEW!!.......this brought back so many memories......I was born in Germany.....Frankfurt am Main actually......my father was military......I snuck into one of the beer tents in Munich when I was Nine years old......and I remember nearly ALL the foods you mentioned above....My mother (to this day) still will make me some Spaetzle or Rolaten.......but my Omi made the best Sauerkraut with ham dishes or pretty much anything with potatoes you can think of since that was all they had during WWII......anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the memories and for the humorous aspect of this piece as well......The Dental Dilemma that is!! (smiles).......ALL STARS & PINNED!!.....A VERY compelling piece of poetic prose!!.......well done.....LOVE & ROCKETS!!.....T xo  : )

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