Requiem of RemembranceA Poem by emipoemiPack up your house and home, they said, We dared not fail the call, Thus plodded through the crowded streets And past the concrete wall. We quickly found our lodgings cramped, And fear glazed ev’ry eye- They had not brought us here to live, They brought us here to die. Day after day, night after night, So parched and underfed, We shrunk into our skin and bones As streets became our bed. With silent prayers to be released, We looked towards the sky- They had not brought us here to live, They brought us here to die. A whistling blare pierced through the air, And we piled into trains To head beyond the city bounds Towards more aches and pains. We stressed and strained in drudgery About the squalid sty- They had not brought us here to live, They brought us here to die. Day after day, night after night, So underfed and parched, We at another whistle’s trill Were to the chambers marched. They shoved us in, they shut the door, A snick, a swish, a sigh- They had not brought us here to live, They brought us here to die. - EDP © 2023 emipoemiAuthor's Note
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