Saturday, 17 November 2012

In Hell by Najwan Darwish

1.
In the thirties of the past century
it occurred to the Nazis
to put their victims in gas chambers
Today’s executioners are more professional:
They put the gas chambers
in their victims.

2.
To Hell, 2010
To Hell, you occupiers, you and all your progeny
And may all mankind go to Hell if it looks like you
May the boats and the planes, the banks and the billboards all go to Hell
I scream, “To Hell . . .”
knowing full well that I
am the only one
who lives there.

3.
So let me lie down
and rest my head on the pillows of Hell.

http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/21912/14327/Najwan-Darwish