To the Alm

the people 
fetched up their musical instruments 
and played them 

all day . . . 

an alpine horn 

of unique splendour 

. . . was played with passion

there was a man 
with a dog 
. . . and the dog's name 

was Amadeus 

 with her back to the music  
a woman alone 
in the crowd with her  thoughts 

. . . and her bottle 

of beer

many remained 

when the sun had gone down

 it could be 

some of them 

stayed there 

all night . . . 

one 
grizzly tale 

did the rounds 

how soldiers 
machine-gunned 300 pigs