Sondercommando

Auschwitz 
only following orders

Pushing corpses into the oven 
living now my only thought
survival keeping my uniform clean

I only did what I was told
loading bodies of the dead 
once bold soul now weak
bought n sold


Auschwitz 
Jewish guards 
Only following orders
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Thorisdottir  Avatar
November 15, 2014 at 4:52 PM
Completely sinister yet there is a little bit of wonder in the context.
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