02-05-2013, 03:39 AM
We'd discuss Mengele's atrocities
while forking slabs of chicken
dipped in apple sauce.
Human evil brought dad alive,
though his tastes were more classic than mum's;
she read about killer hippies on short summer nights,
he preferred the queer-burnings, bottomless pits
and a witch's lament.
I'd place a big toe against the hot tap,
after letting it run awhile,
to see if I'd be any good at being tortured
(I wouldn't). We viewed our fellows' suffering
like horny teenagers, mum, dad and I,
her with her books, him with his facts,
me with my curiosity.
while forking slabs of chicken
dipped in apple sauce.
Human evil brought dad alive,
though his tastes were more classic than mum's;
she read about killer hippies on short summer nights,
he preferred the queer-burnings, bottomless pits
and a witch's lament.
I'd place a big toe against the hot tap,
after letting it run awhile,
to see if I'd be any good at being tortured
(I wouldn't). We viewed our fellows' suffering
like horny teenagers, mum, dad and I,
her with her books, him with his facts,
me with my curiosity.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe