O the chimneys
On the carefully planned dwellings of death
When Israel’s body rose dissolved in smoke
Through the air –
To be welcomed by a chimney sweep star
Turned black
Or was it a ray of the sun?
O the chimneys!
Paths of freedom for the dust of Jeremiah and Job –
Who dreamed you up and built stone upon stone
The path of smoke for their flight?
O dwellings of death
Set out so enticingly
For the host of the house, who used to be the guest –
O you fingers
Laying the stone of the threshold
Like a knife between life and death –
O you chimneys
O you fingers
And Israel’s body dissolves in smoke through the air!
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Владимир Корнилов – Яблоки
- Sylvia’s Mother by Shel Silverstein
- Rebirth by Rudyard Kipling
- On Hermocratia (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- Unlyric Love Song
- Юлия Друнина – В манеже
- One Year by Sharon Olds
- Ольга Седакова – Старый поэт (Постскриптум)
- Follies of War by Michael Levy
- Lamia. Part II poem – John Keats poems
- The wondrous moment of our meeting… poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Нина Гаген-Торн – Барак ночью
- Sonnet CLIII by William Shakespeare
- The Rose and the Cross poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- South Africa by Ronald G. Auguste
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