How can you write poetry on my wall?
you can’t write love
when you raped the world

We were Germany
annihilators
sinking Europe with our poisons
and
rotting hatred

We were
on the attack
give up thy neighbor
the Jews, the Poles
brew the fear and
bake a culture

We were Germany
make them bow in
horror
in awe of power and
the world is at war
because
we told it to be

Lay their corpses at our feet
bury them above ground for everyone to see
take the mother from her child
tear at morality and say they made you do it
pull your blue eyes to the window

We were Germany
and
you can’t write poetry on my wall