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Germany, The summer of 1939

By caleibow

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Adolph smiles and eats the bratwurst.Benito sitting beside him, drinks the wine.The summer is hotBenito’s neck sweats.Eva is hanging shirts on a clothesline…hanging Jews on barbed wire. The summer has bloody hands.Benito snores,Adolph reads his reports, drinks coffee,signs orders.He picks up red ball and throws it to his dog,The German shepherd digs her teeth deep into the ball as the SS dig gold from the mouths of old RabbisBenito wakes for a momentand winds his gold watchBenito is snoring again.and the trains are running on time.Does the juxtaposition of the imagery work effectively Written July 14th, 2001 © on Aug 24 2001 08:12 PM PST   0 • 10

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"Adolph smiles and eats the bratwurst.Benito sitting beside him, drinks the wine.The summer is hotBenito’s neck sweats.Eva is hanging shirts on a clothesline…hanging Jews on barbed wire. The summer has bloody hands.Benito snores,Adolph reads his reports, drinks coffee,signs orders.He picks up red ball and throws it to his dog,The German shepherd digs her teeth deep into the ball as the SS dig gold from the mouths of old RabbisBenito wakes for a momentand winds his gold watchBenito is snoring again.and the trains are running on time.Does the juxtaposition of the imagery work effectively..."

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