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Exposing Anne Frank

Member since 2002 · Posted 4 Sep 2006 · Edited 5 Sep 2006 · 5 comments

Throats cocked with Lugers. Foreheads wrote two lines Jew ink to nazi quill Name, age, occupation. Anne Frank. Thirteen. Child. Writer, (crossed through). Eagle. It never happened. Stars were never yolk. Rain was always pure. Typhus sounds like Waterfalls. A flower grew In Bergen Belsen yards away from wire and smoke I am unmoved by that Yet still, my pen sheds me on a diary I would not have written Had I not read ‘Kitty’. Anne Frank Seventy seven Dead Writer Penguin.

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[9] Dovina 4-Sep-06/4:14 PM Reply
You have arroused me to wish I had time to read Anne Frank's diary. Maybe someday I will.
[10] ThereseWaneck 4-Sep-06/5:39 PM Reply
Excellent flow and a nice use of metaphors. I enjoyed a well-written piece!
[n/a] ALChemy 6-Sep-06/12:10 PM Reply
Are you Dan Brown?
[n/a] Ranger › ALChemy 9-Sep-06/12:38 PM Reply
What makes you ask that?
[10] nypoet22 9-Sep-06/3:31 AM Reply
clever! very tight writing and good depth, even on a well-worn path.