never repeated

may 17, 1998

and the blue rivers have turned red
the
bloody tears of those whose lives
went up from the chimneys
chimneys of auschwitz
chimneys of belsen
the smoke filling the black
black empty hearts
shielding the eyes of the world
and more than fifty years
fifty years later
the smoke has cleared
and it is seen
as it was
as it will remain
so we learn
and nothing ever ever
will be repeated.

* aversion *


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