Aging Project LXIX

 

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Kurfürstendámm

Kurfürstendámm

The terrors happened before I was born,

and yet, some part of me remembers.

In '31, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff,

a man, I say, who was aptly named,

cooked up a riot against the Jews.

Kú'damm, you are therefore cursed.

In '35, two hundred of Hitler's worst

practiced their sadism against the Jews,

massacring in violent attack.

Kú'damm, you are once again cursed.

And after a program of violent pogróms,

on November ninth of thirty-eight,

came the smashing and crashing of Kristallnacht,

radiating from Ku'damm to all of Germany.

Ku'damm, you are thrice cursed.

In '63 came JFK,

speaking for all of us on that day,

as the proud Berliners that we were not.

Kú'damm, the ice on which you stand

is growing thin and melting away.

In '68, a bullet to Rudi's head,

bouncing back upon the shooter,

sealed the future

and left the Kú'damm for dead.

Kú'damm, we see your pattern.

The fall of the Wall

said it all.

Marching naked on the Kú'damm,

arm in arm,

in the unity that comes from diversity,

we had our days in the sun.

Kú'damm, we no longer need you.

you give only terrible memories

and dreams that are even worse--

we cannot reverse the curse

in return for a time in the sun.

Now the world is our Kú'damm,

and we shall march again arm in arm.

for peace, for joy, for access to food

(there is, after all, enough for us all,

if it is not wasted on war).

We shall march,

made strong by our love,

and you will never, ever stop us.

Donald Traxler. January 7, 2024

Copyright © 2024 by Donald C, Traxler.

 

Truly Expressing Every Moment

 

Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler aka Yablom.

Nudity Is a Human Right

 

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There Is Nothing to Say

 

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Aging Project LXVIII

 

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Gospel of Thomas 49 in English and Udugi

 

Saying 49: Those Who Are Chosen (2)

Jesus said, "Blessed are those who are one – those who are chosen, because you'll find the kingdom. You've come from there and will return there."

tsisa hinegise, "adadoligita gesvase nasgidv na saquu gesvase--nasgidv na gesvase asuyesdita, igvnisisgi nihi awadvdose ugvwiyuhiyine. nihi nvlise uhna-nidvlenvda ale nihi hulutsose uhna."

ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎠᏓᏙᎵᎩᏔ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ Ꮎ ᏌᏊ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ--ᎾᏍᎩᏛ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏑᏰᏍᏗᏔ, ᎢᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎠᏩᏛᏙᏎ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯᏱᏁ. ᏂᎯ ᏅᎵᏎ ᎤᎿ-ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ ᎱᎷᏦᏎ ᎤᎿ."