A mountain of spectacles <br />as if a swarm of dangerous insects <br /> <br />staring back <br />at the spectators <br /> <br />seeing it all <br />through the distance <br /> <br />of glass <br />& Time. <br /> <br />A mound of shoes <br />with nowhere to walk to <br /> <br />forever. <br /> <br />Faces of the living <br />frozen in reflection. <br /> <br />Piles of hair <br />cut <br /> <br />never stroked or brushed <br /> <br />again for ever. <br /> <br />The display cases <br />trapping the Past <br /> <br />crystaling <br />Time <br /> <br />in an almost <br />artistic way. <br /> <br />And children today <br />think only <br /> <br />that <br />Auschwitz <br />is <br /> <br />a German brand <br />of beer or bread.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/school-visit/
