3. Ownership to Word and Title

Ownership to Word and Title

Inspired by a conversation with Professor Usha Raman, University of Hyderabad

holocaust – any mass slaughter of reckless destruction of life5

who among the dead, the scorched, the unheard screams the whole of night, the emaciated, the raped, the gassed, the lynched, the ripping, tearing of skin from flesh, the tossed by a master race the ocean’s depth weighted about the waist in holocaust can claim greater ownership to word and title, as if one drop blood spilled is greater than another drop blood spilled

who among the marched to certain death who assigned an identifiable mark of permanence for death, a greater claim to slaughter and destruction

is any mark any greater than another’s mark of permanence for death what mark marks greater the mark to claim greater ownership to word and title as if one mass slaughter is more reckless than another mass slaughter

who that now march among those who rape, who lynch, who emaciate, who scorch, who close their ears to screams the whole of night

who among the silent who now mark the flesh of others can rightfully make proprietary claim to word and title . . . holocaust – the mass slaughter and reckless destruction of life

5 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/holocaust, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/holocaust http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/holocaust