1945 BERLIN

Daily nightmares
are blasted open
in suitcases of swastikas
slogans and weapons
taken away
scattered to the ashes
the wrinkled politics
of what's left of
chimney factories
now the belly bureaucrats
are respectable judges
like the dishonorable press
are not even pissed
by the new arms makers
and old auto manufacturers
they are already back
having a manicure
with their new wives
and every passer by
is a collaborator.