David
1.
Hugo insisted
he come in
and see the house
and meet the mother.
Next to the sofa
in the corner
David saw
a helmet
(with a Nazi sign).
Hugo said, oh don't be offended.
My brother just thought
it would be cool to have.
2.
When David was ten,
he bargained with a street-vendor
for a pocket-knife. The vendor told him,
You Jews
are gonna rule the world some day.
David, very flattered,
ran back to his Mom and said,
Mommy Mommy
that man said we're gonna rule the world some day!
3.
The other night I was in
bed with David.
I saw writing on his hand.
I told him to wash it off--
Now.
The blue marker
looked right on his skin.
It fit.
It seemed to me that those
numbers had been there before
and they would be there again.
Penya Sandor