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Niemöller Redux

by David Solway (August 2016)

First they built a mosque on my block, but that was OK by me

since I was tolerant of all religions, especially religions of peace;

 

Then they came for the dog, but I was not particularly disturbed

since it relieved me of thrice-daily walks;  more>>>

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  1. A great continuation of that famous earlier rabbi? "First they came for the (X) …but then  there was nobody left."  LET DETAILS, IN NARRATION-DRAMA, be expanded to show the gradual incursion and enveloping of Islamism–into a "drugstore paperback" with conflict action and suspense… The Problem begs for not telling-about but showing, Story is King.  This poem a neat microcosm of same…..

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