Silent hand in hand line in line
these wretched souls slowly walk
in a silent numbness without sorrow
for what is sorrow when your soul is lost?
After a long train ride to the shower rooms
they are told to go strip off first...
women children men, most of the old do this
then they are led into the shower chambers...
Hurdled together naked afraid they stand shivering, waiting...
for the water to be cleansed, to be refreshed
silence then darkness fills the room
the screams billow out some scratch the walls all in vain
They drop the powder from the vents And...
the Angel of death runs riot, she takes no prisoners
cans and cans dropping like channel No5 deadly and odorless
cleansing then total extinction...
B...
Written 23 June 2013