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Brother? No longer.

July 31, 2010
By rainyday93 GOLD, Bedford, New York
rainyday93 GOLD, Bedford, New York
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Wheels slow
train stops
click
clang
door open
guns
run!
guns
cant...
old man falls
bye mom
head heavy
want water
line up
step right
step left
please feet, keep moving
deep breath
no time
gulp
screams
mine?
not yet
"hello world! help us!"
world gone deaf
skies blue?
skies grey?
who cares
few more steps
selection
go left
left good?
left bad?
no matter
feet walk left
older brother told to go right
"i with brother" he says
grunt
chuckle
bang
brother?
no longer

The author's comments:
This is a piece I wrote for the Holocaust Commemoration at my temple. It is based on a true story.

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DevinQuin GOLD said...
on Dec. 10 2010 at 10:10 pm
DevinQuin GOLD, Norwalk, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
"If it would be revealed or demonstrated that there is no future state (heaven), my advice to every man, woman, and child would be, as our existence would be in our own power, to take opium." - John Adams

Wow. Intense, really places you in that time and place.