A Chicago Jew in Racine, Wisconsin…by Robert M. Katzman
© July 11, 2015
Ain’t nobody like me, up here
Or just barely
I’m a Mediterranean oasis
Wherever I go
A hot-house flower among
All the dour Teutonic people
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Young girl cashiers
Mostly blonde
See my silver Star of David
Dangling from my neck
Glinting in the harsh lights of
Small Wisconsin stores
“Ooooooh, how pretty!”
Some of them exclaim
When first noticing it
Bright against my olive skin
“What is it?”
Some ask me