Quo Vadis

I always had a fear
of lions
since that night
of Quo Vadis
where Christians were killed
for a change,
watching King Kong
knowing Hitler liked
tiny Fay Wray
I was not rooting for her
nor for Snow White
whom Hitler whistled for
I preferred
Marlene Dietrich
in The Blue Angel.
when she fastened her
stockings.

-- B.Z. Niditch