Hitler's Funeral Arrangements

In the dying throes of the war Trapped like a rat in his bunker in Berlin Hitler shot himself. His new wife swallowed cyanide Their death room smelled of almonds, cyanide's trade mark Their bodies were hoisted up through the bunker's exit ‘Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice' In the bomb-torn garden behind the Chancellery, The megalomaniac was wrapped in a Nazi flag, His body, drenched withgasoline, set on fire. ‘If you want to shine like sun First you have to burn like it' It burned all afternoon Soviet shells fell whining all around What was left of the monster Was dumped in a shell crater, Covered up like yesterday's rubbish ‘Conscience is a Jewish invention' A Soviet Army soldier hoping for treasure Spied an area of soil, recently disturbed Digging, his shovel hit bone. The pay dirt was Hitler's dog Its master's remains were exhumed unceremoniously The Russians moved his body outside Berlin Re-buried him near the town of Rathenau Later, moved to a garrison in Magdeburg. A KGB officer was selected for his disposal A team of three, disguised as fishermen They trio drove to the mountains, Stopped at a cliff beside a tiny stream. In a place screened by the trees, They lit two campfires. One to make soup. The other, to re-burn Hitler The KGB leader called this second cremation ‘A waste of a can of gasoline' They dumped the ashes into a rucksack, Opened it out on the cliff And scattered Evil to the four winds A kinder end than Hitler'd given millions