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The Fresco at Terezin's Concentration Camp

Carolyn Howard-Johnson

Crystal Memories
Fragmented shards
Cleansed scraps
Congealed into
Stucco Tears.
LOWNER THOMAS
Child of terror
Born in April
Like me.
On the fourth
Like me.
1935
I am 60.
He is never.
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Submitted on September 17, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 169
Words 32
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
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