IN POLAND
IN WARSAW
IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY
IN ONE OF THE TOMBS
A WOMAN GAVE BIRTH
HER ONLY ATTENDANT
THE CARETAKER
WHO WAS HIDING TOO
HE SAID
PERHAPS THIS ONE IS THE MESSIAH
BORN SO LOWLY
DESPISED
AND SPIT UPON
PERHAPS HE IS THE MESSIAH
THE CHRISTIAN MESSIAH
HAS BROUGHT US NO PEACE
BUT HE WATCHED HIS DREAM FADE
AS THE CHILD
SUCKED ON HIS MOTHER’S TEARS
HER BREASTS WERE DRY
THE CHILD
SUCKED ON HIS MOTHER’S TEARS
AND DIED
EVENTUALLY
THEY WERE FOUND
AND WENT UP IN SMOKE
THE NEARBY VILLAGERS
SMELLED THE SMOKE
AND KNEW WHAT IT WAS
THEIR HOMES STANK OF IT
THEY CALLED IT
JEWISH PERFUME
IN A WORLD
STILL PLAGUED
BY WAR
HUNGER
AND HATRED
CAN WE NOT SAY
WHERE IS MESSIAH
FRANK A VOLLMER
