SH-H-H-H!

  SH-H-H-H!



There were secrets told
    near Zaftig's Deli
          in Coolidge Corner,
bigger secrets than the
          kids now tell in the
   playground next
                   door, whispering 
lips to cupped ear, "Tell
        me. Tell me. I won't tell!",
 exploding into
               giggles here once
       the assassination of 
           Hitler plotted,
   doom of Nazi nightmare
      planned, here spies
   came out of Brookline's
          cold, hushed
voices, hot knishes,
        side-by-side, oh
   victory was 
           delicious.


At the headquarters of U.S. Army
Counter-Intelligence, WWII
Brookline, Mass.
May 17, 2004