IMPROVISATION #101
NELLY SACHS' TIME
(1891-1970)

Running from a dismal time
under the sun
of human crime
from alleys, hallways
galleys,
even in galleries
in a daily execution den
when persecution had begun
hearing about it in Sweden
from row upon rows
in a full furnace
life goes in a nation
without a pardon
from hanging gardens
of disgrace.