After he died, the Emperor Franz Joseph
Detailed two running foot men
To attend my grandmother's dreams.
They were tall and their heavy staffs
Were made of silver-chased oak.
Every night they'd race through Lemberg
Shouting "Make way for the dreams
Of Esther Gossenbauer!" (The Emperor
Always addressed my grandmother
By her maiden name.) Unemployed now
They've pawned their staffs and become
More circumspect. When a dream
Takes me to Lemberg they politely
Ask other dreams to let us by.
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