SC 75/ The Pig Roast
my child with blonde curls
kisses the roasting
pig with toddler lips
the german ambassador partys
on the green slope of our virginia townhome
my child names things in german
chants in hebrew dayenu dayenu
it would have been enough it would have been
enough at the ambassador‘s bash
he tells of his grandfather as burgermeister
his father as nazi youth
I recall
aunt belva
who barred from new york
because of poor eyesight
died from bergen belzen
carbon monoxide
was buried in a mass grave
my child with big eyes
plays with the ambassador's
child speaking german
the roasted pig
is ready to taste
I am not hungry
Ryfkah 4/19/03
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