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Remembrance
The casualties of the first world war
By P.K.
The casualties of the first world war
Nightmare
On a pole, rotten and foul
Squats the conscience of nations,
Three children's bones dance around the pole
Broken from a young mother’s body.
A sheep bleats the rhythm bah bah.
— By Ernst Toller (1893-1939)
Translated from the German by Peter Appelbaum
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