06-12-2016, 10:55 PM
Wagnerian Physics
Adolf Hitler, operatically inspired,
revered Norse eschatology -
the circle-cycle of the Ring
forged of magic metal
rendering all-powerful the one who held it.
(Understanding Wagner, so he said,
was vital to comprehending
National Socialism.)
But Hitler fell, Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe
shattered swords, his trolling U-boats
vanquished, body cindered on a fire of gasoline.
How badly he misunderstood
his dear myth’s prophecy!
The magic metal, light-Uranium,
existed. Jewish scientists -
mere “dwarves” in his race-hierarchy -
helped forge it into hollow spheres,
rings of pent cosmic energy
which conferred all-power to
his enemies instead.
Had Hitler proffered love to Jews
with high priority to forging light-Uranium,
Plutonium, named after elder gods,
he could have held the Ring.
Instead he burned to ash in twilight, trapped
within dark confines of the myth
whose shining end he never understood.
Adolf Hitler, operatically inspired,
revered Norse eschatology -
the circle-cycle of the Ring
forged of magic metal
rendering all-powerful the one who held it.
(Understanding Wagner, so he said,
was vital to comprehending
National Socialism.)
But Hitler fell, Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe
shattered swords, his trolling U-boats
vanquished, body cindered on a fire of gasoline.
How badly he misunderstood
his dear myth’s prophecy!
The magic metal, light-Uranium,
existed. Jewish scientists -
mere “dwarves” in his race-hierarchy -
helped forge it into hollow spheres,
rings of pent cosmic energy
which conferred all-power to
his enemies instead.
Had Hitler proffered love to Jews
with high priority to forging light-Uranium,
Plutonium, named after elder gods,
he could have held the Ring.
Instead he burned to ash in twilight, trapped
within dark confines of the myth
whose shining end he never understood.
Non-practicing atheist