Anne Sexton - After Auschwitz

Anne Sexton - After Auschwitz

Anger, br as black as a hook, br overtakes me. br Each day, br each Nazi br took, at 8: 00 A.M., a baby br and sauteed him for breakfast br in his frying pan. br br And death looks on with a casual eye br and picks at the dirt under his fingernail. br br Man is evil, br I say aloud. br Man is a flower br that should be burnt, br I say aloud. br Man br is a bird full of mud, br I say aloud. br br And death looks on with a casual eye br and scratches his anus. br br Man with his small pink toes, br with his miraculous fingers br is not a temple br but an outhouse, br I say aloud. br Let man never again raise his teacup. br Let man never again write a book. br Let man never again put on his shoe. br Let man never again raise his eyes, br on a soft July night. br Never. Never. Never. Never. Never. br I say those things aloud. br br I beg the Lord not to hear.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-05

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