SONGS & DREAMS
OF OTHER THINGS
about
THAT WHICH IS NORMAL

by Jeffrey Murrell

AMERICAN AS MILWAUKEE


American motorcycles,
Light winter snow,
Beer breweries,
Pretty girls
And good ol' Rock & Roll.

Summertime fairgrounds,
Springtime thunderstorms,
Baseball,
Jeffrey Dahmer
And college basketball.

Great northern cousin
0f mighty Chicago bear,
Chilled winds,
Autumn leaves
And smell of bratwursts in air!

Frozen custard,
Shopping malls,
Blacks and whites,
Young and old,
In Old Milwaukee dwell.

Like walking in the Milky Way
where the brave drink;
In this Indian land of peace,
All men tread with cold feet
In Milwaukee -- "Mili'Waukai."