BANALITY
THE BANALITY OF RICARDO KLEMENT
droopy eye evilsmirk a not not handsome face
fugitive SS officer led the race to snuff out europe’s
jews no mere cog sent to gallows in 62 eichmann
apologist for everyman who looks the other way
a hot +steamy day mid-century jewish ghetto survivors
now in bungalows neat rows on a ravine daddy won’t
join the shul god wasn’t listening +in the night you
heard their screams waking out of recurring dreams
a friend told me her mother a russian jew 32 slept with
one eye open +the hammer their house smells like herring
+tears+gas
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..and were there not forewarnings those 5 yrs. churn in my
soul i have grown thin i’m hungry Marc Chagall My Life
The gas is visible to the condemned, who is advised to take several deep
breaths to speed unconsciousness. Nonetheless, there are often convulsions
and excessive drooling. Following the execution the chamber is purged with
air, and any remnant gas is neutralized. The bodies can be removed with great
caution, as pockets of gas can be trapped in the deceased’s clothing.
Spring 2015
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