Alfred Benjamin
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Pastime trenz pruca
Hometown seattle, washington
job photographer
interests landscape, portrait, travel
Poem Titles
> I SEE A FACE
> NO TITLE
> JOY
I SEE A FACE
Following orders
Every day, every night
looking for the enemy
So he will not find us first
Life so fleeting
Death so close
We keep watching, we keep searching
BLINDING FLASH
THUNDEROUS SOUND
FACE PIERCED
ONE THOUSAND NAILS
PAIN
SCREAM
FALL
Weeks pass by
Feeling stronger
Bandage off
Demanding mirror
I see a face
No nose, no eyelids
No ears, nor lips, but crumpled skin
I cannot bear this face - not mine
Away with that!
I smash the mirror
How can I live?
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Nazi order:
"To the showers!"
Weak and starved
We stagger on
Tired eyes in hollow faces
Bloodless lips
So far from kissing
Cutting knife of Nazi voice:
"Drop your clothes!"
We obey
"Through this door!"
We stagger in
Crowding room from wall to wall
Full of hope to feeling clean
Water pouring down our skin
Doors are bolted with loud banging
Showers open
Hissing noises from above
Where's the water?
Smell of gas descends upon us
This cannot be
We cannot die
We scream
Squirm
Cover faces, desperate
Gas gets stronger
We get weaker
No more screams
Silence only
Bodies falling
Forming mountains
Wife's image!
Fading now
Huge lips form words
No sound
Black
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JOY
Glowing with joy
Presenting a rose to my love
Her eyes in volcanic eruptions
At-ecpi-inebcauly w my giFi.
Her tender hands are clasping the stem
Oblivious to pain of thorns and dripping blood
We move closer
Quivering lips
Trnif*h
So much love
Our heads melt into one
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