The shadows of the ghetto
have smiles petrified
by the medusa's gaze .
They bent to the wall ,here,
then turn back to the wall, there .
The shadows of the ghetto
have souls of stone
and empty metal tins
lethal symphony ...
they prayed a god
crowned with barbed wire ,
laughing into its beard...
They do not look up
to the wrath of heaven .
Worn out with gutter skins
the shadows of the ghetto ,
speak esperanto with brother rodent ,
herd that knows no fear
of the slaughterer ...
Around midnight
putting away the none day star
they make genderless children
who don't have time for a name...
In the morning ,after taking out
the garbages and shave
in front of the mirador ...
The story ends somewhere ,
yesterday or next year in Jerusalem ...
Head down ,walking among
a crowd of distracted clouds ,
they greet each other politely ,
exchanging some state secrets
about climate .
'' What beautiful sunshine over Paris
Herr Doktor ! ''
- '' will you still alive in Warsaw
tomorrow mein lieber Rabbi ? ''
These are only cubic abstractions
or algebraic destiny .
With no celebrations .
No one knows when rain will come ...
The right-hand street leads nowhere .
the left-hand street ends on the call square.
Ghosts of the ghetto seeking the shadow...
( Prophety of the century )
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lorenz (Pseudonym) (
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Comments3
Layers of symbolism where we all live in our own ghetto and in fact are our ghetto. A lovely write and a fave
It can be seen from a psychoanalytical angle !
The text can be seen as an anti-cyclical warning: if the spiral of revenge and violence does not come to a halt, the shadow of the ghetto will forever wander through new streets, carrying with it both the pain of the victims and the tragedy of the executioners.
The most powerful line is — "No one knows when rain will come…"
Medusa's petrifying gaze is that of history !
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