O the chimneys
On the carefully planned dwellings of death
When Israel’s body rose dissolved in smoke
Through the air –
To be welcomed by a chimney sweep star
Turned black
Or was it a ray of the sun?
O the chimneys!
Paths of freedom for the dust of Jeremiah and Job –
Who dreamed you up and built stone upon stone
The path of smoke for their flight?
O dwellings of death
Set out so enticingly
For the host of the house, who used to be the guest –
O you fingers
Laying the stone of the threshold
Like a knife between life and death –
O you chimneys
O you fingers
And Israel’s body dissolves in smoke through the air!
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Magi by William Butler Yeats
- Иван Варавва – На окраине села
- Sir Richard’s Song by Rudyard Kipling
- The Gardener XLIII: No, My Friends by Rabindranath Tagore
- Ghouls parade poem – Brako Attafua poems | Poetry Monster
- Robert Burns: Lines On The Commemoration Of Rodney’s Victory:
- The Lew O’ The Rick by William Barnes
- Федор Сологуб – Так же внятен мне, как прежде
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 26. Erin, Oh Erin. Томас Мур.
- Otho The Great – Act IV poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Набоков – Какое сделал я дурное дело
- The Fall of Rome by W. H. Auden
- Lines By Taj Mahomed
- The New Path
- Ок Мельникова – Профессия рок-звезда
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