In Krakow, everyday at midday
\nThe trumpet sounds at each compass direction
\nOf the town square\u2019s clock tower.<\/p>\n
In its final directional note,
\nLegend has it an invasion struck
\nThe trumpeter\u2019s throat with an arrow,
\nRecording an awkward
\nAbrupt
\nViolent
\nAnd haunting
\nSqueak
\nInto Krakow\u2019s collective memory.<\/p>\n
It is only new to tourists.
\nIt is replayed everyday.<\/p>\n
You hear the trumpet squeak
\nWhen a person of color walks
\nThrough the square and all the Poles
\nStop and stare.<\/p>\n
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\nwhen you tour Jagiellonian University<\/em>
\nAnd look at the stolen Islamic
\nScientific instruments displayed
\nBehind glass.<\/p>\n
\nWhen you catch a group of Ray Bans
\nTaking selfies on the empty chairs
\nof the Holocaust memorial in the old ghetto.<\/p>\n
\nTo drown out the cries for justice
\nFrom those punished for helping
\nterminate unwanted pregnancies.<\/p>\n
\nWhen your field of vision in a milk bar\u2019s
\nNostalgically memorabilliad counter
\nIs filled by the hungry eyes of a young working student
\nWho may not find anything better
\nThan asking for your order.<\/p>\n
\nWhen the Old Jewish Quarter
\nCome club-district spills over
\nWith testosterone and alcohol.<\/p>\n
\nWhen the stumbler from the end
\nOf a night and that chemical mix
\nVomits across the alley from the
\nJewish Cemetery
\nerasing Stars of David with his spew.<\/p>\n
\nAs you leave the city limits
\nAnd find yourself in two places at once
\nBetween the gates of Auschwitz
\nand the town of O\u015bwi\u0119cim.<\/p>\n
\nAs you accelerate down the highway
\nPassing carpools of brain drain and hope
\nTowards the border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"