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A Cold Day in Auschwitz

By Katrina Armour

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on a cold day in auschwitzwhere they branded us like cattlewhere they stole our pride like murderous pack-rats of satan himselfi lie in a cold damp showeri don't know who is left of usi don't know why i ami don't know much of anything anymorei am a jewi don't know anythingon a cold day in auschwitzwhere they starved us like lypo stupid super-modelswhere they stole our nuts and berries that we had just gathered for our long-gone childreni lie under an air that is both hideous yet temptingi lie under the humanity that has just been relinquished from my bodyi lie, i've found, a lot these daysi am a jewi am not moral enough to know the truthand yet, i've found, we go home faster than we thoughtgod thought our souls worthy to be boughtnot that i trust him much anymorei drifti burni twist i turni feel the coldi feel the screamsi feel the gunsi see the dreamsthe wishes that will never be answeredthe hopes as promising as cancerand then i end up herebathing and decayingand wanting it more than everto live, i no longer know what that meansand now i must say goodbye because on this cold day in auschwitzi am the last one to diein the showerall cleanand ready to be redeemedfor oncei knewwhat life was Written August 17th, 2001 © on Aug 17 2001 01:53 PM PST, Katrina Armour   0 • 1

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"on a cold day in auschwitzwhere they branded us like cattlewhere they stole our pride like murderous pack-rats of satan himselfi lie in a cold damp showeri don't know who is left of usi don't know why i ami don't know much of anything anymorei am a jewi don't know anythingon a cold day in auschwitzwhere they starved us like lypo stupid super-modelswhere they stole our nuts and berries that we had just gathered for our long-gone childreni lie under an air that is both hideous yet temptingi lie under the humanity that has just been relinquished from my bodyi lie, i've found, a lot these daysi am a jewi am not moral enough to know the truthand yet, i've found, we go home faster than we thoughtgod thought our souls worthy to be boughtnot that i trust him much anymorei drifti burni twist i turni feel the coldi feel the screamsi feel the gunsi see the dreamsthe wishes that will never be answeredthe hopes as promising as cancerand then i end up herebathing and decayingand wanting it more than everto live, i no longer know what that meansand now i must say goodbye because on this cold day in auschwitzi am the last one to diein the showerall cleanand ready to be redeemedfor oncei knewwhat life was..."

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