Ethnic cleansing does not remove <br />the stigma of massacre, <br />nor remove color stains. <br /> <br />Blood is not removed by luminal <br />gray ash of cremation, can’t be swept away <br />the Nazis tried; <br />instead got a trial at Nuremberg. <br /> <br /> <br />Religious fervor does not vacuum up <br />the remains of genocide. <br /> <br /> <br />Mopping up the decay of dead bodies <br />does not diminish the smell. <br />Shoveling dirt over carcasses <br />can’t hide them. <br />Serbians tried, <br />instead got a trial at Nuremberg. <br /> <br /> <br />Ethnic cleansing does not <br />bleach out color <br />racial profiling is heinous <br />no matter the skin tone. <br /> <br /> <br />Makeup does not blot out famine. <br />Skin peels do not conceal lynch tactics, <br />Al Qaida is trying <br />but Chad and Sudan <br />will not conceal them. <br /> <br /> <br />© 2005 by Rosemary Winters Tracey<br /><br />Rosemary Winters Tracey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ethnic-cleansing-2/
