Jet McDonald

The Oompah Band had Chutzpah
 
the chutzpah band had oomph. 
The patron wore an apron and 
cooked cookies for the troops. 
Lederhosen wasn’t chosen 
but socks were pulled up high. 
The trumpets and accordions 
made everybody cry. 
I love a stein of beer my friends. 
Who doesn’t in these times?
Get thee on the tables 
and dance for old Lang Zein. 
You say I mix my metaphors 
well, a cocktail never hurt.
Dancing on the tables 
sleeping in the yurts.  

Jet McDonald is a writer, musician and psychiatrist from Bristol UK.  His first novel Automatic Safe Dog (Eibonvale Press 2011) was nominated for a BFS Award.  His second non-fiction book Mind is the Ride (Unbound 2019) was shortlisted for a Stanford Travel Writing Award. He’s a winner of the Missouri Review and Shooter Literary Magazine flash fiction prizes. His writing has appeared in The Idler and Byline Times, and his band The Woodlice have toured the UK with airtime on BBC 6 Music. His poetry is forthcoming in The Frogmore Papers.