You Are A Jew

 

You remember with great clarity when

as a child you were cursed as Christ-killer.

You are a Jew. You recall those persistent

queries by strangers to have you state

where you were really from when you

responded Canada. You are a Jew. It is

never far from your mind in childhood

watching your parents and their friends

gathering quietly, whispering to one

another words that meant little to you

but which memory dredges up, words

such as work camps, concentration camps

and death camps. You are a Jew. When

you became old enough you read about

the Inquisition, Pogroms, the Final Solution

and quivered in helpless rage. You are a

Jew. Because you are a Jew you developed

a sixth sense, knowing and fearing and

yet hoping. Because you are a Jew when

you hear certain phrases they stab your

soul. Now other generations experience

what you did and as they do your own

simply continue as Jew-hatred consumes

the minds of psychopaths everywhere on

this Earth. You shudder when you read

and you hear and you see repetitions of

the familiar. You see, you are a Jew.