Carl Johann Peyfuss, Austrian
“Greetings, Your Excellency. Shall I Ask Why You’re Wearing Half a Watermelon On Your Head, Or Do I Not Want To Know?,” 1908
Mural
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/// Kaiser Franz Joseph, making his first
Archives visit. (They should have rehearsed.)
The whole crowd mutely stares
at that cactus he wears.
Bite their tongues, or else laughter may burst.
/// Franz was always a prÃckly old duck.
Rub him wrong and you’ll likely get stuck.
His headgear symbolizes
that he’s full of surprises.
Get some tweezers for spines you will pluck.
/// Of this mural, we’re shown just a part—
a small slice of a huge piece of art.
We’ve no need to see all
of the men in that hall,
they’re more easily viewed à la carte.
/// In this State Archives building assembled,
many men at the Kaiser’s feet trembled.
But what they couldn’t know,
(this was too long ago),
is Lee Marvin, the star he resembled.