The Last Depression Led to Holocaust

July 15, 2020

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is politics in honor of Bastille Day, or the national holiday of France, which is celebrated on July 14^th.

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A political poem about where one must begin one’s battle against hatred:

The last depression led to holocaust.

The rationale for massacre is fear.

Long before it starts, the game is lost.

The neighborhood of hate is always here.

The best place to begin is one's own heart.

There the mad dogs pull against their chains,

Lusting to tear some stranger's throat apart,

Rage that only love and patience tames.

Each heart becomes a lantern in a crowd.

Yes, people see according to your light,

As you by theirs -- but speak of love aloud,

Lest other voices drown the coming night.

And do not turn away from victims' cries,

For evil's spooked by nothing more than eyes.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Politics

July 13: Darfur/Darfur

July 14: Obama/Osama

July 15: The Last Depression Led to Holocaust