Never Again
Woman and child are dragged to the gate.
The husband thrashes, but by then it's too late.
The conductor points to left or to right.
Neither direction survives much past tonight.
The former brings them to a deathly gas;
In the latter, they must be fit enough to pass.
The wife weeps when forced to port.
The man and son will work 'til their lives are cut short.
The woman is stripped, then beaten and raped.
The child digs a ditch; with a shovel it's scraped.
The husband gets bread, but never enough.
His spouse gets a room in which people are stuffed.
The grave complete; the guard turns his gun on the boy.
In the room with the gas, all lives are destroyed.
The man is assigned to work with the fires.
And after seeing his wife he embraces the wires.
Three innocents: victims of the Holocaust.
When people follow blindly, all is lost.
Copyright © Danny Stinson | Year Posted 2011
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