Josefov

This one has been waiting, patiently, for a poetry mood to strike. Since -- well, since Prague.

I feel like maybe it's not quite my story to tell, but the experience was mine to react to. And this is how I react.


Josefov

seven seven two nine seven is not a prime number;
divisibility makes it easier to handle.
easier to bear. hold the number in your mind
and focus your eyes closer than the wall,
(choose a year closer to the present)
such that no one name can be seen in its entirety.
easier to handle.
seven seven two nine seven --
consider the number instead of the names
and see if anything appears,
if any ghosts slide into coherence.

( the question of death is: how do we defeat the past? )