photographic decoupage cwmartin 2011
consider
that every time
you take a step
or
wander off
into the dark corners
of your existence
an angel
that relative
who always
called your mom
before you arrived home
and
could formulate
a reasonable excuse
resulting in
an all too
appropriate punishment
for those missteps
to
the full delight
of
said relative
perhaps
that same relative
is
hovering
over your head
right now
taking notes
you know
sort of a
heavenly
assignment
as she passed by in her traditional gypsy skirt
embroidered with sequins and coins
one man created an illusion of intimacy in his mind
while another said
beautiful yes…but she’s a
gypsy
exiled
punishment
harboring
jesus
myth
nazis
systematic
genocide
concentration camp
forced labor
imprisonment
extermination
killed on sight
einsatzgruppen
history’s largest
mass murder
after war
assimilation schemes
restrictions
cultural freedom
language
and
music
banned
labeled
socially degraded stratum
women sterilized
state policy
had they but know her history
or that her love for country was as unconditional
as her beauty
they might have rethought their words
if not
then they are no more than fools
for seeing just a gypsy
Poem inspired by comments from http://jadepaloma.wordpress.com/
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