My wife and I were crossing the blue railway bridge near our home
We had crossed this railway bridge many times before
And as always were discussing the configuration of the signals nearby
But this crossing was different as we were stopped
By two beautiful policemen in a bright yellow squad car
They enquired why we were crossing the bridge as such a recreation was banned
Caron noted that were wandering a little as the day was fine nine fine
I added that the stones of the bridge reminded me of a zara band a
The marvellously handsome policeman asked me what a zara band a was
I told him that it was type of flower quite common in the southern counties
And that the name Wanda had Slavic origins which was of interest to us both
The uglier of the two policeman alighted from the car
I thought that he was going to arrest us both but instead he kissed Caron’s delicate hand
He said that he was honoured to have met Mozart’s sister and gave her an early rose
The squad car then drove off in the rough direction of the peacocks
It was then that I noted that their salt tears were dripping from the bridge on to the lines below
A train was Jew which was the only bloodline that I possessed
I had to act quickly as my whole heritage was at risk
Caron shouted to Wanda to stop the train but the signal was sulking
As we had revealed her name to the officers of the law
The train passed without incident and I found that I was still a Due
Caron hugged me and suggested that we celebrate with an ice cream
It was as she finished her sentence that a confectionary van driven by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart passed us by
The van did not stop as the great composer was still cross with his sister for upsetting the distant signal
Tomaso Albinoni 2020