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WWII Music Box
She watches the little glass music box
As the ballerina turns, her arms and legs
frozen in a perfect arabesque.
A familiar lullaby flows from the keys,
Shielding her from the danger
The pain
The sorrow
Of a world at war
A country arising
A race in danger
Sleep, my little darling
The promise of a superior breed
The poison gas seeping into the
lungs of a thousand Jews
Rest your head tonight
The square of a man’s mustache
His arm a straight line
As he sends an army of children
into the battle
Sleep, my little baby
The scream of the dying
The blast of the shrapnel
The sift of the ashes as they
settle on your clothes,
your eyelashes
your heart
Sleep ‘til morning light
The pinch of a stomach
The hollows in a face
The eyes of a child without hope
Sleep, my little darling
The mothers calling to their lost children
The children crying for their parents
The fathers, brothers, and uncles
running toward Hitler
and death
Rest your head tonight
The shiver of a million lost souls
The cry of a baby
freezing slowly to death
The wail of her mother
as she pulls the blanket over her face
Sleep, my little baby
Sleep, my little baby
And still she sleeps, watching the little ballerina
Complete her dance
And shield her reflected face
I’ll be with you tonight.
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