SHOAH & DON'T SAY MAMA
In commemoration of the outbreak of the Second World War, I’m reposting these two pieces. I wrote “ Shoah” first, and “ Don’t say ‘Mama’!” seemed to spring naturally from it. SHOAH They came in the gloom of ghetto dawn: came in their menacing, drab grey trucks: came in their shining limousines, prowling the streets like cruising sharks. They came with guns and clubs and dogs: came with bayonets sticks and whips: and fired with their insensate rage, they severed our history at a stroke: shattered... Sign in to see full entry.