Zyklon B
The ghost that snuffed one million
lives
That told one million lies
To the steady beat of the drum
Zyklon B
The silent monster that played like
a cat
That preyed on its rats
I heard that is smelled like cheese
Zyklon B
The screams of children were it’s
favorite song
All screaming for mom
Like the strings on a violin
Zyklon B
It took their breath
And in return gave them death
Laughing at their cheated screams
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Fear
As the men on the radio cried out
for blood, for war
The boy on the carpeted floor
looked up and saw fear
It sat among the wrinkles of his mother’s
tender face
And slid through the furrowed brow
of his father.
Will I have to be a soldier one
day?
Fear said it all
The boy watched as with each
passing day,
more men left the village
Wives stood at gated entrances,
baby in one hand
a small sad wave in the other
Why must they leave?
Because, said Fear, they had no
choice
The boy grew he became a man
But the war had not yet ended
Dressed in his best, his mother
watched him
Fear perched from her eyelids
Why must we fight?
Because, said Fear, they have to
drink
The man fought on the Eastern Front
In the snow in the cold
He grew numb to sight of blood
That this country demanded so much
of
He grew numb to sight of the loss
The bodies that pilled wall to wall
How can I live?
Because, whispered Fear, you have
me
