ONE OF THE LASTING IMPRESSIONS I HAVE
OF THE HOLOCAUST
IS A SHORT FILM
OF A YOUNG BOY
SITTING ON A TABLE
SHAKING
SHIVERING
HE WAS BEING SUBJECTED
TO REPEATED BLOWS
ON THE HEAD
TO STUDY THEIR EFFECTS
HE WAS A JEW
A NON-PERSON
USELESS AS A STONE
THROWN IN A LAKE
RINDS OF MELON
THROWN IN THE GARBAGE
TOOLS TO BE USED
TILL THEY BREAK
THEN DISCARDED
IT WOULD BE NICE TO THINK
THAT IT HAPPENED
IN ANOTHER PLACE
IN ANOTHER TIME
BUT IT’S HAPPENING NOW
AND HAS HAPPENED NOW
WHILE DIVES DINES
LAZARUS DIES
LIKE A PIECE OF PAPER
A TOY OF THE WIND
PLAYED WITH
THEN FORGOTTEN
WHEN WILL YOU COME
LORD JESUS
WHEN WILL YOU COME
TO RESCUE US FROM OURSELVES
TO GIVE DIGNITY TO DIRT
WATER TO DRY LAND
VISION TO THE BLIND
DREAMS TO THE DUNG HEAP
AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF OTHERS
AND A HELPING HAND
FRANK A VOLLMER
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