Wednesday, January 22, 2020

day ONE THOUSAND and NINETY NINE

SLOUCHING TOWARDS NUREMBURG

How soon, I wonder,
Before it starts for real?

Will it announce
With self immolation in the square?
Or a policeman's gunshot in a crowd?

The full manifestation
Of the Cult of Trump.

Is this the death of civility?
No, of civilization.

A friend composes a riddle:
What is the difference between a Republican cop

And an SS guard?

Time.

What is the difference between a separated family in Texas

A child concentration camp in Arizona
A woman deported to die at the hands of her abuser
And Auschwitz or Buchenwald?

While some debate the tactical value
Of denying service to hate squads in suburban restaurants

I fantacize peppering the chicken salad with ground glass.

And I'm a committed pacifist.

From whence cometh our comfort
As the ground shakes?

We are all of us slouching towards Nuremburg.

--Charles Kruger



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