July 28, 2005

Poem: Torture

[excerpt]

Nothing has changed. It's just that there are more people,
besides the old offenses new ones have appeared,
real, imaginary, temporary, and none,
but the howl with which the body responds to them,
was, is and ever will be a howl of innocence
according to the time-honored scale and tonality.

read the complete poem by Wislawa Szymborska

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Posted by Cieciel at July 28, 2005 12:31 PM