Cotugno

Lorenzo


 * Hate **


 * People are not born **
 * with hatred, they acquire it. **
 * Their hatred was so blind. **
 * Burning people just to **
 * get rid of them quicker. **


 * It was more important **
 * to them, killing the jews **
 * then winning the war. **
 * We need to get rid **
 * of all you Jews. **


 * They were grabbing jews. **
 * Lots of hardships **
 * were close ahead. **
 * I won’t go to their gas chambers. **
 * And my children won’t go to their chambers. **


 * Will I walk slow, **
 * they will take me. **
 * Will I run, **
 * they will kill me. **
 * Worthless Jew. **


 * If anyone tries to run away, **
 * or do anything not permitted, **
 * they will be shot. **
 * Walking dead, skeleton. **
 * Totally unreal. **


 * Rationale: I wrote my poem to revolve around the Nazi’s hate of the Jews. I chose this hate because throughout the holocaust, the Nazi’s were horrible to the Jews and obviously hates the Jews and also taught the youth to hate the Jews for the next generation. As you can see, I tried to uses words and phrases from both Maus and The Last Days to help convey some things that the Nazis did to the JEws and how they treated the Jews. **