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*... Hulking Henry is a gonner ...

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Published: Jul 8, 2015

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A vicious opponent has struck well indeed;
the man keeled right over, done is the deed:
behold the large table where all on his own
sits Holzt Werderbrünner, drunk to the bone;
slowly, like willow-tree, he forward did droop
and pretty much drowned in his own cabbage soup.

*Then - the door swung with creepy a creak,
two sparkly dark eyes had a good peek ...*

Hand rushed to his neck and snatched him right out,
then reached for his pulse in shock and in doubt:
''Ye gods,'' says Salieri, ''what news to behold!
To die of sour cabbage instead of a cold!
Nay, can't have that on my Grand Paris Tour -
I will think of something, I will find The Cure!''

He tried the enchantments, blood letting regime,
the cream of the tiger, inhaling the steam,
an enema running with rum and with gin
and right at the end ~ a ripe punch on the chin.
... The body was supple, plumpish and rife -
but what else could he do to bring it to life?

*He opens the window ...*

Brave Tony Salieri sheds merrily tears
as grunt of an ''Hm!'' dispersed all his fears:
the freezing eve's air in the end did the trick
and hit the dead man as if by a brick;
in wink of an eye and in a heart's tick
it brought him right back, painless and quick.

*Tucked neatly away in a fluffy warm bed,
poor Holzt Werderbrünner now rests his dear head.*

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By the next morning Holzt slept off the booze,
was hard back at work and *Phey!* spat on the shoes:
day went on as normal, quite orderly, formal,
and only the brush was singing his blues.

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UNDER COPYRIGHT by DarkSaxeBleu 2015.

... You poke fun out of your own near death experience!

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... How's THAT for a man most famous for not killing Mozart??!!

YEAH!!!

:www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oe7q5…

Anyway, FINALLY!!!!

Here's my quirky Salieri tribute: the man is clean as a whistle,

so I went through ultimate trouble of finding *something* in his biography worth poking fun out of.

... And which cause is more noble for display of humour ~ than saving a life?!

Here's the original anecdote, as conveyed by Mosel through Salieri's own words:

books.google.si/books?id=R9w2A…

His servant's name was Henry, he was found on the floor and if anything - drowning in beer and so on

(took some artistic liberties!

Cheers Henry, for surviving the ordeal of carbon monoxide poisoning! Quite common at the time too.)

But, like with Lon Chaney Jr., here too *the cold* and fresh air brought Henry/Holtzt back to life!

So, both musicians, Weigl and Schubert, report that Salieri, basically, saved their lives, so here's to lucky foursome

(and any silly and eeevil rumour can kiss my bum, hard.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms1GcI…
... And now ❤️ I can finally move on ....

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