Dandelions Grow at Dachau by Gerald Bosacker



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Dandelions grow at Dachau,

Peeking out
from slatted stoops and hidden crevices
where bleeding saffron stars shed seed
to grow sure proof of sin.

 

Bright yellow tufts spring forth,
 persisting in their proof of shame
while penitent Aryan grounds-keepers
daily sweep away the past.

No detritus
of the subjugated horde remains,
and wasted cigarette butts and gum wrappers
 are routinely sent to
 politically correct incinerators
to  waft a tame trace of penitent visitors.

 

Impudent
 yellow bloomed weeds
 wrap their golden blooms in buds,
 shrinking away from the grandchildren
 of the first garbage burners,
to escape a little longer and defiantly bloom
 as tributes to the fallen and trampled flowers
 that came before.

 

Living memorials
profane the sunny blue skies,
where Millions of Jews were brutalized.

 

Dandelions still grow at Dachau,
flourishing proof that man
cannot eliminate what God has chosen
to reflect and echo his glory.

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Gerald Bosacker, who studied under famed poet John Berryman, was sidetracked in youth by economic need and became a printer, then a salesman,  who successfully migrated upward to become vice president of sales for an international company. Promoted beyond his ambition and capability, Bosacker jumped at the chance for early retirement. He lives in a Florida retirement community and has resumed writing. He has published two books of poetry: Wrymes, Finalties and The Embers Reader. His poetry has appeared in more than two dozen publications including Guernsey Limericks, New Shetlander, and Taj Mahal Review.



Copyright 2004, Gerald Bosacker. This work is protected under the U.S. copyright laws. It may not be reproduced, reprinted, reused, or altered without the expressed written permission of the author.