Line Up
Richard Norman

1972

Ulrike Meinhof is being transferred
To Zweibrücken Prison
For an ID line-up.

She's white as milk.
She is determined to ruin the process
By declaring "I am Ulrike Meinhof!"

When the police bring in the witnesses.
Knowing this, the officer instructs
The five other women to imitate her

No matter what.
When the witnesses arrive, this is what they see:
Six women clawing at their guards,

Like lobsters writhing in a pot,
Each shouting, more and more
Hysterically,

"I AM ULRIKE MEINHOF!
"SWINE!
"THIS IS JUST A FUCKING SHOW!"

© 2006 Richard Norman