arrived by train from Berlin
just in time
as the rain began to fall
i was born here
my father was stationed here.
luckily he won a lottery and came to Nürnberg
instead of going to korea
there is a Jewish custom that the first born
has to be bought back from the lord
my father, not a religious man,
decided he wanted to do the ceremony anyway
But my mother refused to participate
there were not a lot of Jews in Germany after the war
but apparently there had to be two witnesses
according to the army rabbi.
so either my father or the rabbi found
two guys and the rabbi said that they were to be given a certain amount
of silver which was supposed to be returned after the ceremony.
the ceremony was done, the guys returned the money but my father
found out later that the money was counterfeit
so where did that leave me,?
was I brought back from the lord properly?
maybe this has been a spiritual conundrum
of mine from my first days on the planet
so I too was stationed in nurnburg
for the first 5 months of my life
and there is still debate in some circles
whether I can become president
