CENOTAPH

 

Bow your undressed head

Before the cenotaph

A reverent monument

To warrior’s past

But not to glorify

Their tragic loss

But to mark the moment

And count the cost

MONUMENT

 

Each faceless name

In neat regimen

Of stone mason’s text

Is one of the fallen

Long forgotten names

Cut deep into the stone

Marking the sacrifice

Of battles Histories

The cold stone sentinel

A poignant reminder

FLT LT RUPERT “TINY” COOLING 1920 - 2010

 

Time to scramble Tiny

Up into the blue

Up above your ceiling

To once more join your crew

 

Look lively there Rupert

Fly on, fly on

Up above your ceiling

Rejoin the squadron

AUSCHWITZ

 

Auschwitz in essence

Was a processing plant

Or perhaps more accurately

A recycling plant,

Recycling an abundant commodity,

i.e., lower forms of life,

Into a revenue stream

By stripping the resaleable parts

Clothing, jewellery, hair, teeth

And burning what was left.

A cold and calculated business

Inhumanity on an industrial scale.

So, the next time

You cast yesterdays must have device

Into your recycling bin

Just remember the Germans did that with people