Sid & Marvin Hartha
Herman Hesse may have been anti-Semitic, but I think not.
Sidhartha was really named after Sid and his brother Marvin Hartha.
They lived in Brighton Beach Long Island before the
Russians came and the neighborhood went to hell.
The tales they told, Oye!
Give the Jews credit. They wrote Herman letters
Explaining the secrets of life
Based on Talmudic canons.
Herman cleverly turned it into Sanskrit piety
To please certain classes and appease others.
Eventually his books will blossom into Broadway plays.
Once the copyrights expire & the royalties are off the table.
Leave it to the Jews.
Patience wins the day again.
But who will play Sid?
I'm guessing Kiefer Sutherland
With black hair & prayer shawl?
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Submitted on June 03, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBCDEFGHEIJKLMNO |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 688 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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