do you think war ends at one moment

so much music to listen to
there’s this and there’s that
a path to the forest with snakes in the grass
Hansel and Gretl don’t linger don’t laugh
there’s a man digging a grave near the birches
he lies down in it sometimes
but they’ve not shot him yet
so much  music waiting
and songs we used to hear as children
and nobody could know then
who taught us to be obedient
who hit us with a cane
who made us sing when force was not needed
that they  made no distinctions
that they  understood how god appeared
that they wanted to destroy everything of his
and the war goes on
do you think it ends at one moment?
how can the broken make a jigsaw  so fast
how can the memories be bypassed?
so much music played by the orchestra
doing their best
did anyone confess
did they follow the dead  dissolved into the earth
where your potatoes grow; what , a curse?
and we should forget of course
that they ate the house
and gnawed on bones
an insult to god
hear his death groans
they rubbed him out
but we can see the shape there
and his hands floating in water
despair
despair
despair
arise, for the children are waking
and it’s a good day to hear a snake hiss
to feel a mother’s kiss
we must do it again better
the play’s the thing
i will sing
i will lift up mine eyes to the hills
i will wait  till the last bell rings