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Subject: coming out


Author:
tim
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Date Posted: 07:59:50 10/09/07 Tue

Yellow Stars and Pink Triangles

I sat in putrid darkness
Listening to the agony all around.
How did this horror come to pass?
We heard the ravings of a lunatic
But we didn't believe it would last.

On the tattered rags I was wearing
Was sewn a dingy yellow star.
And on my arm a number tattooed.
This was really happening to us.
Could it also happen to you?

During the daylight hours
I could see the pink triangles
In their ghetto `cross the way.
Beaten and whipped as we were
Who would survive another day?

I heard someone mutter a prayer.
Shema, Yisrael. Adonai elohenu...
As I lay on the rough-hewn planks.
How long could we endure here,
Midst the dead and dying ranks?

Do I have the strength to live?
Or should I just give up?
It has been my secret so far.
But maybe I will place a pink triangle
Right next to my yellow star.

Grieve for the millions of victims.
Weep for those who were killed.
We owe them a very large debt
For in their agonized passing
They made us promise: NEVER FORGET.

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