To the Right
The sign instructed, “to the right.” It said,
“Go right.” The right had sapphire eyes and wrote
With clarity for fate. A blond male head
Conceived the sign. Pale whiskered meanings bloat
Beneath the notice for the damned. They walk
Towards the ancient hate. Their fumbling shoes
Can’t focus on the man who planned the bloc
Of chambers just beyond. The still dressed Jews
Have not been told to strip their bodies to
Chill skin and body hair. The yellow mouth
Pronouncing orders ist nicht in their view.
It is a disembodied Sabaoth
Intoning through a microphone, no breath
That they can see, just flaxen death.