Wednesday, February 04, 2009

I read about Treblinka yesterday – a poem

How many were dragged?
Did all of them hold hands?
Was there innate goodness?
How long is to the other side?
Why do the children last so long?
How many of them saw the truth?
Why do herds behave the way they do?
How many heard a whip lash overhead?
How many people does it take to satisfy?
How many sank tired into the frozen earth?
How many found it a beautiful place to die?
How many indulged in complete surrender?
Would the guards have been someplace else?
How long before they stopped following orders?

If you know, let me know.


Side note: I find German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open criticism of the Vatican based Christian leader Joseph Alois Ratzinger commendable.

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